St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Presbytery, Convent & Hall

Item details


Name of item:	St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Presbytery, Convent & Hall
Type of item:	Complex / Group
Group/Collection:	Religion
Category:	Church
Location:	Lat: -32.5914605435 Long: 149.5891897160
Primary address:	13 Church Street, Mudgee, NSW 2850
Parish:	Mudgee
County:	Wellington
Local govt. area:	Mid-Western Regional
Local Aboriginal Land Council:	Mudgee

Property description

Lot/Volume Code	Lot/Volume Number	Section Number	Plan/Folio Code	Plan/Folio Number
PART LOT	18	11	DP	758721
LOT	19	11	DP	758721
LOT	20	11	DP	758721

All addresses

Street Address	Suburb/town	LGA	Parish	County	Type
13 Church Street	Mudgee	Mid-Western Regional	Mudgee	Wellington	Primary Address
Market Street	Mudgee	Mid-Western Regional	Mudgee	Wellington	Alternate Address

Owner/s

Organisation Name	Owner Category	Date Ownership Updated
	Private

Statement of significance:


	Fine church from the post gold rush era, making a significant contribution to the character of the central area of Mudgee.
	Date significance updated: 23 Nov 01
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Description


Designer/Maker:	Edmund Gell
Physical description:	Fine sandstone church in Gothic Style designed by Bathurst country architect, Edward Gell. Especially fine western facade with pointed arched doorway and side recesses and narrowly pointed stained glass windows. Beautifully scaled rose window in stone and stained glass. Tower with flared copper spire balanced in a symmetrical composition with gable end of southern aisle. Side elevation of repeating pointed arched stained glass windows.

Historic themes

Australian theme (abbrev)	New South Wales theme	Local theme
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life	Religion-Activities associated with particular systems of faith and worship	Practising Catholicism-

Procedures /Exemptions

Section of act	Description	Title	Comments	Action date
57(2)	Exemption to allow work	Heritage Act	See File For Schedule Order Under Section 57(2) to exempt the following activities from Section 57(1): (1) The maintenance of any building or item on the site where maintenance means the continuous protective care of existing material; (2) Garden maintenance including cultivation, pruning, weed control, the repair and maintenance of existing fences, gates and garden walls and tree surgery but not extensive lopping. (3) Alterations to the new sacristy and walkway, and the non stone section of the presbytery provided they do not detract from the heritage significance of the church, stone section of the presbytery or the site.	Nov 17 1989
57(2)	Exemption to allow work	Standard Exemptions	HERITAGE ACT 1977 ORDER UNDER SECTION 57(2) TO GRANT STANDARD EXEMPTIONS FROM APPROVAL I, Penny Sharpe, the Minister for Heritage, on the recommendation of the Heritage Council of New South Wales and under section 57(2) of the Heritage Act 1977: revoke the order made on 2 June 2022 and published in the Government Gazette Number 262 of 17 June 2022; and grant an exemption from section 57(1) of the Act in respect of the engaging in or carrying out the class of activities described in clause 2 Schedule A in such circumstances specified by the relevant standards in clause 2 Schedule A and General Conditions in clause 3 Schedule A. This Order takes effect on the date it is published in the NSW Government Gazette. Dated this 29th day of October 2025 The Hon Penny Sharpe MLC Minister for Heritage For more information on standard exemptions click on the link below.	Nov 7 2025

Standard exemptions for engaging in or carrying out activities / works otherwise prohibited by section 57(1) of the Heritage Act 1977

Listings

Heritage Listing	Listing Title	Listing Number	Gazette Date	Gazette Number	Gazette Page
Heritage Act - State Heritage Register		00685	02 Apr 99	27	1546
Heritage Act - Permanent Conservation Order - former		00685	17 Nov 89	111	9523
Local Environmental Plan	Mid-Western Regional Local Environmental Plan 2012	I3, I4, I5 & I6	10 Aug 12
Local Environmental Plan - Lapsed		21	15 Dec 89		1083
Register of the National Estate			21 Mar 78

Study details

Title	Year	Number	Author	Inspected by	Guidelines used
Mudgee Shire Council heritage Study	1985		Hughes Trueman Ludlow		No

References, internet links & images

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Data source


The information for this entry comes from the following source:
Name:	Heritage NSW
Database number:	5045728
File number:	S90/02023/2

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