Local Government
Perth
Region
Metropolitan
61 Fitzgerald Street Northbridge
Perth
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1902
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage List | Adopted | 16 Dec 1991 |
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| (no listings) |
| Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | ||||
| Local Heritage Survey | Completed\Draft | Category 1 | ||
| Local Heritage Survey | Adopted | 28 Mar 2023 | Category 1 | |
02030 St Brigid's Group, Perth
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.
The building is a two storey residential building with timber fretwork to the gables and a steeply pitched roof. The building was extended and altered in 1989.
Presbytery associated with St Brigid's Roman Catholic Church. The building was designed by Cavanagh and Cavanagh Architects and built around 1902. St Brigid's Convent and school was established in the 1880s by the Sisters of Mercy. The first school building on the site was designed by J J Talbot Hobbs.
High integrity. Medium authenticity.
Good
| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Register of Heritage Places Assessment document, St Brigid’s Group, | DPLH | 2004 | |
| Draft Municipal Heritage Inventory 2001; | City of Perth | 2001 |
Individual Building or Group
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Present Use | RELIGIOUS | Other |
| Original Use | RELIGIOUS | Other |
| Style |
|---|
| Federation Queen Anne |
| Type | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Wall | BRICK | Face Brick |
| Roof | METAL | Zincalume |
| General | Specific |
|---|---|
| SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Education & science |
| DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Land allocation & subdivision |
| SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Religion |
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