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Anglican Church of the Ascension

Author

City of Swan

Place Number

02525

Location

11 Old Great Northern Hwy Midland

Location Details

17 Spring Pk Rd.

Local Government

Swan

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1898 to 1899

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents More information
Heritage List Adopted 30 Aug 2017
Heritage List YES 15 Dec 2010

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
RHP - To be assessed Current 09 May 2003

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management More information
Category Description
Register of the National Estate Nominated 09 Aug 1988

Heritage Council
Classified by the National Trust Classified 07 Dec 1987

Heritage Council
Anglican Church Inventory YES 31 Jul 1996

Heritage Council
Municipal Inventory Adopted 10 Jul 1996 Considerable Significance

Considerable Significance

Conservation of the place is highly desirable. Any alterations or extensions should be sympathetic to the heritage values of the place.

Child Places

Statement of Significance

The place is the oldest church extant in Midland and is one of the few remaining that can be connected to Midland's growth at the turn of the 20th century.

Physical Description

The place is a single-storey red brick church building in the Victorian Tudor Revival style. Features include painted stucco mouldings and Tudor influenced window designs, door ways and stepped buttresses. The end walls of the building are gabled. It has a terracotta tile roof which appears in the form of one continuous pitch each side of the central ridge.

History

The foundation stone of the church was laid on 12 Nov 1889 by Walter Padbury.

Integrity/Authenticity

High

Condition

Good

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
4560 Church of the Ascension Midland : report on conservation of internal brickwork for the Anglican Parish of Midland. Report 2000
4320 Church of the Ascension Midland Report on New Gutters and Repairs to Stormwater Disposal Heritage Study {Other} 2000
4058 Church of the Ascension Midland WA Conservation Plan Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1999
11933 Church of the Ascension, Midland, WA Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2022

Creation Date

30 May 1989

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Last Update

24 Oct 2017

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