Local Government
York
Region
Avon Arc
Off Great Southern Hwy Gilgering
York
Avon Arc
Constructed from 1858, Constructed from 1880
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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Heritage List | Adopted | 25 Nov 2019 |
Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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RHP - To be assessed | Current | 11 Jun 2004 |
Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
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Category | ||||
Classified by the National Trust | Classified | 11 Jun 2012 | ||
Aboriginal Heritage Sites Register | Adopted | |||
Local Heritage Survey | Adopted | 25 Nov 2019 | Grade B |
St Peter’s Anglican Church and Cemetery is significant for the rural aesthetic of the church and cemetery set high on the banks of the Avon River; associations with the local Anglican community, of the first Rector, Rev. Frederick Lynch, and those recorded in the cemetery. It is important for the local community’s sense of place.
The church is set on raised ground west of the Avon River. The rectangular form with gable roof has a small roofed porch on the frontage (west.) It has lancet windows with leaded and stained glass, and a west facing front entrance porch. A metal bell tower stands on the south side of the church. The church is surrounded on three sides by the cemetery. The site of a parsonage and the Gilgering school.
In 1831, Reverend Wittenoom was granted Gwambygine and George Fletcher Moore the adjoining Jilgayria (Gilgering). Church services took place at Oakover from 1840, and the Fleay’s home from 1850s. In 1860 Moore indentured the site for the Anglican church. Hamersley donated the parsonage land. Construction of the church began in 1858. A hand bell summoned the parishioners, and in 1858 the Parker family of Northbourne donated the bell. The church was consecrated by Bishop Hale on 1 July 1860. Rev Lynch and his wife were the only ones to live at the parsonage until his death in 1888 and his wife in 1891, both in the cemetery. The rectory that had been empty since that time and lost its roof in a cyclone in 1943. In 1945 the rectory and school building were demolished. In 2012 the National trust accepted the donation from the church and took over ownership, leasing the property to the newly formed Friends of St Peters Anglican Church.
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Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Original Use | MONUMENT\CEMETERY | Cemetery |
Present Use | MONUMENT\CEMETERY | Cemetery |
Present Use | RELIGIOUS | Church, Cathedral or Chapel |
Original Use | RELIGIOUS | Church, Cathedral or Chapel |
Style |
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Victorian Free Gothic |
Vernacular |
Type | General | Specific |
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Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
Wall | BRICK | Common Brick |
General | Specific |
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SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Religion |
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