Local Government
Victoria Park
Region
Metropolitan
25 Marcharmley Pl Carlisle
Victoria Park
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1975
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 14 Jul 1998 | Category C | |
| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 14 Jul 1998 | Category C | |
The Holy Name Church has aesthetic, historic and social heritage significance. Built by Cooper and Oxley, the Church has strong architectural lines representative of 1970s design. Support to the Catholic community of Carlisle in the form of pastoral care has been given for nearly 100 years. The construction of the Church represented a growth in community needs for such a service.
This unusual church is part of a school complex and was built in 1975. It has a concrete base (cream split face and breeze blocks), with a large asymmetrical mansard style roof. The street facade, which faces towards a park, has a truncated end of the mansard roof as a strongly expressed trapezoid shape. The cross and name of the church are within this panel. The roof is clad in terracotta tiles. The entry is tucked away on the north-east corner and full height windows with sun-screen louvres are recessed into the eastern face of the mansard roof. The designer cited no particular influences, but expressed his and the parish priest's desire to have a building that presented a "modem face". The original design emphasised this with "people friendly" art in the front panel, but this idea was never followed through.
The first Catholics came to Carlisle in 1896 when the whole district was virgin bush. In 1899 Victoria Park was established as a parish with Carlisle as one of its outlying Mass stations. People walked to St Joachim's to celebrate Mass. In 1935 East Victoria Park (based at Our Lady Help of Christians) was made a separate Parish from Victoria Park. Carlisle continued as a Mass Station until a Church school was built in 1937. The Church school, built on 4 acres, was dedicated to the Holy Name of Jesus and was run by the Mercy Sisters. At this time Carlisle became part of the new Belmont Parish. In 1951 Archbishop Prendiville established Carlisle as a separate parish and Fr E Power became the first pastor. The Chronicles of the Carlisle Parish indicate that the priests were concerned not just with day to day administering to the people of Carlisle (and for a while Kewdale) but also with fundraising for a new presbytery built in 1974 and a new Holy Name Church built in 1975. Builders of the Church in 1975 were Messers Cooper and Oxley Pty Ltd. The Church has been run by a number of priests, including Camillian Fathers for a period from 1963-77.
INTEGRITY: Unchanged
Very Good
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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| "The Record,".p.16 | Jan 30 1997 | ||
| "The Chronicles of holy Name Church 1956-1994". | Fr John Liszka | 1997 |
Individual Building or Group
| Epoch | General | Specific |
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| Original Use | RELIGIOUS | Church, Cathedral or Chapel |
| Present Use | RELIGIOUS | Church, Cathedral or Chapel |
| Style |
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| Late 20th-Century Ecclesiastical |
| General | Specific |
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| SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Religion |
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