St Brigids Parish Hall (fmr)

Author

City of Perth

Place Number

02029

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Location

60 John St Northbridge

Location Details

Cnr Fitzgerald St Part of 2030 St Brigids Complex - RHP

Local Government

Perth

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1888 to 1892

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	16 Dec 1991

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Perth Draft Inventory 99-01	YES	31 Dec 1999			Heritage Council
Municipal Inventory	Completed\Draft	13 Mar 2001
Local Heritage Survey	Adopted	28 Mar 2023	Category 1	Category 1 Exceptional significance - Essential to the heritage of the locality. Rare or outstanding example.
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	13 Mar 2001
Local Heritage Survey	Completed\Draft		Category 1	Category 1 Exceptional significance - Essential to the heritage of the locality. Rare or outstanding example.

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 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 Hall constructed in the nineteenth century with facade dating from 1922. Two tone Flemish bond brickwork and iron gabled roof to main body of the hall.

History

St. Brigid's Parish Hall was originally constructed as part of St. Brigid's School circa 1890. A new facade was added to the southern end in 1922 with a rendered sign attached. Facade matches the detail of the two-storey school building constructed at the same time. 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

Low level of integrity.
Medium level of authenticity. Altered in 1922 (new facade).

Condition

Good

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Building Style
	Draft Conservation Plan St Brigid's Precinct, Aberdeen, Fitzgerald and John Streets Palassis Architects		September 1994

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
11562	The former St Brigid's Primary School & St Brigid's Parish Hall	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	2017

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	RELIGIOUS	Church Hall
Present Use	EDUCATIONAL	Technical School

Architectural Styles

Style
Federation Gothic

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Wall	BRICK	Face Brick

Creation Date

19 Apr 1989

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

08 Jul 2024

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