St Brigid's Church

Statement of Significance

The place is a long-standing landmark in the district as a fine collection of buildings constructed at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth that collectively form an important historic group of places that is visually complex and harmonious.
The place is a restrained and well executed example of a Federation Gothic style church.
The place provides important evidence of the development of the Perth and West Perth district, its class and religious demographic, and the development of Catholic primary and more latterly secondary education in the State.
The place is an early example of the work of the Sisters of Mercy who came to Western Australia in the 1800s to educate and mission, and established convent schools in a number of suburban and regional areas in the late 1800s and into the 1900s.
The place is valued by the local and wider Catholic community for its continuing associations with the Catholic Church in general and the Sisters of Mercy in particular.
The principal buildings at the place were designed by prominent Western Australian architects: Parish Hall (original primary school building) designed by J J Talbot Hobbs; Convent and Church designed by Cavanagh and Cavanagh; and, Convent School designed by R Dennehy.

Physical Description

Church designed in the Federation Gothic style with elements of Romanesque architecture also included in the design. Steeply pitched gable roof with tower and spire, arched windows with stucco decoration. Face brick construction general with rendered bonds. The church was extended to the west and a new alter constructed in 1957.

History

St. Brigid's Church located adjacent to St. Brigid's School was built in 1904 and designed by prominent architects Cavanagh & Cavanagh. In 1957, the building was extended to the west to include a new alter. The building features the 1905 pipe organ in the gallery, mahogany mews and large religious sculptures.
Northbridge is an inner suburban area, named because it is just north of Perth across the railway bridge. It was approved as a suburb name in 1982.

Integrity/Authenticity

High integrity.
High authenticity.

Condition

Good

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