St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Mudgee

St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, officially, St Mary of the Presentation Church, is a heritage-listed Roman Catholic church at 13 Church Street, Mudgee, Mid-Western Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]

St Mary's Roman Catholic Church
St Mary of the Presentation Church, Mudgee
St Mary's Church, Mudgee in 2008
St Mary's Roman Catholic Church
Location in New South Wales
32°35′29″S 149°35′21″E
Location13 Church Street, Mudgee, Mid-Western Regional Council, New South Wales
CountryAustralia
DenominationCatholic
Websitemudgee.catholic.org.au
History
StatusChurch
Founded1857 (1857)
Founder(s)Fr Callaghan McCarthy
DedicationSaint Mary of the Presentation
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Edward Gell
Architectural typeChurch
StyleVictorian Ecclesiastical Gothic
Years built1857–1876
Specifications
Number of spires1
MaterialsSandstone
Administration
ParishMudgee
DioceseBathurst
ProvinceSydney
Clergy
Priest(s)Fr Owen Gibbons
Deacon(s)Karl Sinclair
Official nameSt. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Presbytery, Convent & Hall
TypeState heritage (complex / group)
Designated2 April 1999
Reference no.685
TypeChurch
CategoryReligion

History

The church was first built in 1857, when local priest Father Callaghan McCarthy had built a church, sanctuary and sacristy. It was effectively rebuilt by between 1873 and 1876 to the design of Edward Gell, with Tambaroora contractor Mr. Webb and Bathurst stonemason Mr. Burns carrying out the work. The new design incorporated the pre-existing sanctuary and sacristy in the redevelopment while constructing the body of the current church. The foundation stone of the rebuilt church was laid on 7 December 1873 and it formally opened on 11 November 1876. The spire was added to the tower in 1911.[2][3]

Description

St Mary's Roman Catholic Church is a sandstone church in Victorian Ecclesiastical Gothic designed by Bathurst country architect, Edward Gell. It has an 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. The church has a tower with flared copper spire balanced in a symmetrical composition with gable end of southern aisle. The side elevation features repeating pointed arched stained glass windows.[1]

The church organ was built in 1866 by J. W. Walker of London for St Jude's Anglican Church, Randwick. Under direction of Charles Richardson, in 1907 the organ was transferred from Randwick to Mudgee with a new set of pipes to the old specification. Richardson also decorated the display pipes in his style, and other alterations included the fitting of a new keyboard, the addition of a tremulant, and the removal of the hand-blowing apparatus.[4]

Heritage listing

St Mary's Roman Catholic Church is a fine church from the post-gold rush era, making a significant contribution to the character of the central area of Mudgee.[1]

St Mary's Roman Catholic Church was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]

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See also
  • List of Roman Catholic churches in New South Wales

References
  1. "St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Presbytery, Convent & Hall". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. H00685. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  2. "History". St Mary of the Presentation Catholic Parish, Mudgee. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  3. "St Marys Catholic Church, 13 Church St, Mudgee, NSW, Australia". Register of the National Estate. Department of the Environment and Energy. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  4. "St Mary's Catholic Church". Organ Historical Trust of Australia. 1990. Retrieved 11 December 2019.

Bibliography
  • Hughes Trueman Ludlow (1985). Mudgee Shire Council heritage Study.

Attribution

This Wikipedia article was originally based on St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Presbytery, Convent & Hall, entry number 00685 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales and Office of Environment and Heritage 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 2 June 2018.

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