Holy Name Catholic Church

Author

Town of Victoria Park

Place Number

24863

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Location

25 Marcharmley Pl Carlisle

Location Details

Local Government

Victoria Park

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1975

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

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Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

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Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	14 Jul 1998	Category C	Category C Retain and conserve if possible: endeavour to conserve the significance of the place through the provisions of the Town of Victoria Park Planning Scheme; a more detailed Heritage Assessment/Impact Statement* may be required prior to approval being given for any major redevelopment or demolition; photographically record the place prior to any major redevelopment or demolition.
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	14 Jul 1998	Category C	Category C Retain and conserve if possible: endeavour to conserve the significance of the place through the provisions of the Town of Victoria Park Planning Scheme; a more detailed Heritage Assessment/Impact Statement* may be required prior to approval being given for any major redevelopment or demolition; photographically record the place prior to any major redevelopment or demolition.

Statement of Significance

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.

Physical Description

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.

History

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/Authenticity

INTEGRITY: Unchanged

Condition

Very Good

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	"The Record,".p.16		Jan 30 1997
	"The Chronicles of holy Name Church 1956-1994".	Fr John Liszka	1997

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
Late 20th-Century Ecclesiastical

Historic Themes

General	Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Religion

Creation Date

03 Jul 2002

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Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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