St John the Baptist Church, Toodyay (1863–1963)
Church building in Shire of Toodyay, Australia
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Former St John the Baptist church building
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Architectural style | Victorian Free Gothic |
Address | 35 Stirling Terrace |
Town or city | Toodyay |
Country | Australia |
Coordinates | 31°33′19″S 116°28′28″E / 31.555412°S 116.474528°E / -31.555412; 116.474528 |
Groundbreaking | 1863 |
Construction started | 1863–64 |
Inaugurated | 1864 |
Renovated | 1920 |
Client | Catholic Church |
Owner | private |
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Toodyay municipal inventory |
St John the Baptist Church is a former Roman Catholic church located on Stirling Terrace in Toodyay, Western Australia , built 1863 – 64.
History
Following the move from Old Toodyay to Newcastle, Father Francis Salvado called for tenders to build a new Catholic chapel to replace the Sancta Maria of Old Toodyay . [1]
The foundation stone of the Catholic Church of St John the Baptist was laid in January 1863 by Father Martin Griver . He was assisted by Fr Francis Salvado, the Parish priest, and Fr Venanzio Garrido from the New Norcia mission. [2] By Christmas 1864 the church was completed and had been blessed. [3] [4] The church's transept was used for a time as a school room for Catholic children until 1884 when the Sisters of Mercy came to Toodyay.
In 1920 the west wing was added. [5] In 1963, a new church with the same name was completed, next to St Aloysius (in the Catholic Precinct grounds), and the older church was de-consecrated and sold into private ownership. [3]
This is a rendered brick and corrugated iron building with tall pointed arch lancet windows. It has pointed pinnacles to the entrance porch and main facade. In the gable end a round window has been incorporated into rendered cross. [6]
References
- ↑ Frayne, Beth (2011). the Long Chronology of Toodyay, Part 1 1829-1900 (second ed.). Toodyay: Toodyay Historical Society.
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( help ) - 1 2 Shepherd, Juanita (23 October 2013). "Milestone celebrations for WA country parish" . The Record . Retrieved 24 January 2014 .
- ↑ Erickson, Rica (1974). Old Toodyay and Newcastle . Toodyay Shire Council. p. 173.
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( help ) - ↑ Hocking Planning & Architecture (2012), Municipal Inventory and Heritage List (PDF) , Shire of Toodyay, pp. 286–287 , retrieved 12 April 2018
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