Christ Church, North Adelaide

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Christ Church
Christ Church and parsonage, west side of Palmer Place, North Adelaide
Christ Church and parsonage, west side of Palmer Place, North Adelaide
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Location 36-40 Palmer Place, North Adelaide, South Australia
Country Australia
Denomination Anglican
Website ccna.asn.au
History
Founded 20 December 1849 (1849-12-20)
Founder(s) Bishop Augustus Short
Consecrated 1849
Architecture
Status Church
Functional status Active
Architect(s)
  • Henry Stuckey
  • William Weir
Architectural type Church
Style Romanesque Revival
Specifications
Materials
Administration
Diocese Adelaide
Province South Australia
Clergy
Archbishop Geoffrey Smith
Rector Stephen James Bloor
Minister(s)
  • Frank Kernot
Invalid designation
Official name Christ Church (Anglican), North Adelaide; Christ Church Rectory (Anglican)
Type State heritage (complex / group)
Designated 28 May 1981
Reference no. 10866
Subject index Religion - Church (Christian)
Class State

Christ Church, North Adelaide is an Anglican church on Acre 745 which lays between Jeffcott Street and 36-40 Palmer Place, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The foundation stone was laid on 1 June 1848 by Augustus Short, the first Bishop of Adelaide; and the church was consecrated in 1849.[1] Christ Church was the pro-cathedral until 1877 when St Peter's Cathedral opened.

In 1850 a parsonage was built on the southern half of Acre 745. It became the deanery for Dean Marryat in 1887, then a rectory from 1906.[2]

In 1868 a site on Jeffcott Street opposite the church was purchased for a schoolroom.[2] The foundation stone was laid on 26 September.

The building

The church building is in the Romanesque Revival architectural style and was built under the direction of architects Henry Stuckey and William Weir. It is built of local limestone mined from Palmer Place, with slate roof tiles from Willunga.[3] In 1855 the nave was extended on the western side by some 50 feet (15 m).[4]

The church, rectory and hall are all heritage listed with the former two appearing on the South Australian Heritage Register and the latter appearing on a 'local' list maintained by the City of Adelaide.[5][6][7]

Organ

The church's first instrument was a harmonium, replaced in 1854 by the pipe organ from J. B. Graham's mansion Prospect House ("Graham's Castle"),[8] and opened by George Bennett,[9] one of his last performances.[10] The new acquisition was heavily criticised,[11] then refurbished and greatly enlarged the following year.[12] It still had faults: it was so badly affected by weather that in winter it took six kerosene lamps burning for an hour before it would play. A new organ was purchased from Augustus Gurm of London and the old one bought by organist James Shakespeare.[13][14] It was later[when?] installed in the Norwood Baptist Church[15] where it served until replaced by J. E. Dodd in 1884.[16]

Liturgy

Worship in the church follows the Book of Common Prayer.

People

Priests:


Others

See also

References

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