St Mary's Church and Graveyard

Author

City of Swan

Place Number

02496

Location

65 Yule Av Middle Swan

Location Details

Municipal Inventory Number: 611 Also registered as part of P14470 Swanleigh Precinct

Other Name(s)

St Mary's Anglican Church

Local Government

Swan

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1838 to 1869

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
Heritage List YES 15 Dec 2010
Heritage List Adopted 30 Aug 2017
State Register Registered 08 Oct 1996 HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument, HCWebsite.Listing+ListingDocument

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 25 Jun 1997 Exceptional Significance
Register of the National Estate Permanent 21 Mar 1978
Anglican Church Inventory YES 31 Jul 1996
Classified by the National Trust Classified 03 Sep 1973

Statement of Significance

The place is historically and scientifically important as an example of a nineteenth century Anglican Parish Church dating from the 1860s, set in a graveyard dating from the 1830s, and for the evidence of a continuous development of burial practice from the first decade of settlement of the colony; The place has a close association with European settlers of the Swan Valley, some of whom are buried in the graveyard; The place is an example of a simple, colonial church adapted and enlarged in the Victorian Academic Gothic revival style, and is typical of the local architecture built by settlers to replicate their way of life in Britain; The place contributes to the community's sense of place for the role played by religion in the early years of the settlement of the area and as a reminder of the colonial development of the Swan Valley; and The place is of social value as an active church and as a burial ground for parishioners.

Physical Description

St Mary's Church, comprising a red brick, timber and corrugated iron church (1869, 1903), associated graveyard (1838+), mature trees, and brick and timber lych gate (1959). The building is constructed of two tone Flemish bond brick - transepts not patterned. Buttresses have been constructed on the corners. Some windows contain stained glass. Graveyard contains graves of early settlers.

History

Existing church built on site of earlier octagonal rammed earth church built in 1840 designed by Dr Joseph Harris and Thomas Yule of Strelley. First part of existing Gothic Revival building built in 1869. Designed by Architect Richard Roach Jewell.

Integrity/Authenticity

High

Condition

Good

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
Thomas Yule (earlier octagonal church) Architect - -
Dr Joseph Harris (earlier octagonal church) Architect - -
Richard Roach Jewell (present church) Architect - -

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number Description
423 Local Government Inventory 2019

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
3425 St Mary's Church Middle Swan : Heritage Grants Program 1997 : final report. Heritage Study {Other} 1998
3970 St Mary's Church Middle Swan : phase four conservation works 1998/99. Heritage Study {Other} 1999
3367 St Mary's Church Middle Swan : conservation plan / prepared for the Swan Anglican Parish. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1995

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use RELIGIOUS Church, Cathedral or Chapel
Present Use RELIGIOUS Church, Cathedral or Chapel

Architectural Styles

Style
Victorian Academic Gothic

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron
Wall BRICK Common Brick

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Religion

Creation Date

30 May 1989

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

24 Oct 2017

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