Christ Church, North Adelaide

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Christ Church and parsonage, west side of Palmer Place, North Adelaide
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Christ Church
Location in greater Adelaide
34°54′37″S138°35′36″E / 34.91032°S 138.59321°E / -34.91032; 138.59321
Location36-40 Palmer Place, North Adelaide, South Australia
CountryAustralia
Denomination Anglican
Website ccna.asn.au
History
Status Church
Founded20 December 1849 (1849-12-20)
Founder(s) Bishop Augustus Short
Consecrated 1849
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)
Architectural typeChurch
Style Romanesque Revival
Specifications
Materials
Administration
Province South Australia
Diocese Adelaide
Clergy
Archbishop Geoffrey Smith
Rector Stephen James Bloor
Minister(s)
  • Frank Kernot
Official nameChrist Church (Anglican), North Adelaide; Christ Church Rectory (Anglican)
TypeState heritage (complex / group)
Designated28 May 1981
Reference no.10866
Subject indexReligion - Church (Christian)
ClassState

Christ Church, North Adelaide is an Anglican church in North Adelaide, South Australia.

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History

Acre 745 was the original name of the plot between Jeffcott Street and 36-40 Palmer Place, North Adelaide, a suburb immediately north of Adelaide city centre. The foundation stone was laid on 1 June 1848 by Augustus Short, the first Anglican Bishop of Adelaide, and the church was consecrated in 1849. [1] Christ Church was the pro-cathedral until 1877 when St Peter's Cathedral opened.

In 1850 a parsonage was built on the southern half of Acre 745 It became the deanery for Dean Marryat in 1887, then a rectory from 1906. [2]

In 1868 a site on Jeffcott Street opposite the church was purchased for a schoolroom. [2] The foundation stone was laid on 26 September.

Architecture

The church building is in the Romanesque Revival architectural style and was built under the direction of architects Henry Stuckey and William Weir. It is built of local limestone mined from Palmer Place, with slate roof tiles from Willunga. [3] In 1855 the nave was extended on the western side by some 50 feet (15 m). [4]

Stuckey was also responsible for designing a number of other Church of England churches and other buildings in the colony, including at Hindmarsh (now Holden Street Theatres), Port Lincoln, Clare (St Barnabas), Penwortham (St Mark's)m Port Adelaide (St Paul's), Beaumont Rectory, Walkerville Rectory, and St Peter’s Church at Glenelg. He also designed two buildings at St Peter's College, and Pirie Street Wesleyan Church. [5]

The church, rectory, and hall are all heritage-listed with the former two appearing on the South Australian Heritage Register and the latter appearing on a "local" list maintained by the City of Adelaide. [6] [7] [8]

Organ

The church's first instrument was a harmonium, replaced in 1854 by the pipe organ from J. B. Graham's mansion Prospect House ("Graham's Castle"), [9] and opened by George Bennett, [10] one of his last performances. [11] The new acquisition was heavily criticised, [12] then refurbished and greatly enlarged the following year. [13] It still had faults: it was so badly affected by weather that in winter it took six kerosene lamps burning for an hour before it would play.

A new organ was purchased from Augustus Gurm of London and the old one bought by organist James Shakespeare. [14] [15]

It was later[ when? ] installed in the Norwood Baptist Church [16] where it served until replaced by J. E. Dodd in 1884. [17]

Liturgy

Worship in the church follows the Book of Common Prayer.

People

Priests:

Others:

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Christ Church, North Adelaide". The Register (Adelaide) . South Australia. 25 November 1921. p. 8. Retrieved 3 February 2020– via Trove.
  3. ↑ Christ Church, North Adelaide (B 1942) Photograph, Acre 745 Collection at the State Library of South Australia
  4. ↑ "Re-opening of Christ Church, North Adelaide". Adelaide Times . Vol. X, no. 1496. South Australia. 25 May 1855. p. 3. Retrieved 17 February 2018– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ McDougall, Alison (2008). "Architects of South Australia". Architect Details: Henry Stuckey. University of South Australia . Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  6. ↑ "Christ Church (Anglican), North Adelaide". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "Christ Church Rectory (Anglican)". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  8. ↑ "Christ Church Hall". S. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  9. ↑ "Advertising". Adelaide Times . Vol. VIII, no. 1120. South Australia. 11 March 1854. p. 2. Retrieved 16 February 2018– via National Library of Australia.
  10. ↑ "Christ Church, North Adelaide". Adelaide Times . Vol. VIII, no. 1164. South Australia. 2 May 1854. p. 4. Retrieved 17 February 2018– via National Library of Australia.
  11. ↑ "The Late Mr. Bennett". Adelaide Observer . Vol. XII, no. 588. South Australia. 30 September 1854. p. 3. Retrieved 17 February 2018– via National Library of Australia.
  12. ↑ "To the Editor of the Times". Adelaide Times . Vol. VIII, no. 1204. South Australia. 17 June 1854. p. 3. Retrieved 17 February 2018– via National Library of Australia.
  13. ↑ "Christ Church, North Adelaide". Adelaide Times . Vol. IX, no. 1424. South Australia. 28 February 1855. p. 3. Retrieved 17 February 2018– via National Library of Australia.
  14. ↑ "College Park Organ". The Mail (Adelaide) . Vol. 16, no. 821. South Australia. 18 February 1928. p. 9. Retrieved 25 August 2020– via National Library of Australia.
  15. ↑ "A Veteran Organist". The Register (Adelaide) . Vol. LXXI, no. 18, 473. South Australia. 27 January 1906. p. 7. Retrieved 25 August 2020– via National Library of Australia.
  16. ↑ "Early Church Music". The Register (Adelaide) . Vol. LXIX, no. 18, 033. South Australia. 30 August 1904. p. 6. Retrieved 15 February 2018– via National Library of Australia.
  17. ↑ "The Organ Plays". The News (Adelaide) . Vol. 40, no. 6, 182. South Australia. 22 May 1943. p. 2. Retrieved 25 August 2020– via National Library of Australia.
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