St Peter's Church, Darlinghurst

St Peter's Church
St Peter's Church
	St Peter's Church, Bourke Street and St Peters Street, Darlinghurst, NSW
	St Peter's Church Location in greater metropolitan Sydney
	33°52′30″S151°13′07″E / 33.8751°S 151.2185°E Coordinates: 33°52′30″S151°13′07″E / 33.8751°S 151.2185°E
Location	Corner of Bourke Street and St Peters Street, Darlinghurst, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Country	Australia
Denomination	Anglican
Website	windsoranglican.asn.au/home
History
Status	Former church
Consecrated	8 December 1822 by Rev. Samuel Marsden
Architecture
Functional status	Inactive; now a hall for use by SCEGGS Darlinghurst
Architect(s)	O. H. Lewis (church); Benjamin Backhouse (church hall);
Architectural type	Victorian Gothic Revival
Years built	1866–67
Closed	March 1993
New South Wales Heritage Register
Official name	St. Peter's Church and Precinct
Type	State heritage (built)
Designated	2 April 1999
Reference no.	148
Type	Church
Category	Religion
Register of the National Estate
Official name	St Peters Anglican Church (former), 150-152 Bourke St, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
Type	Defunct register
Designated	21 October 1980
Reference no.	2189
Class	Historic
New South Wales Heritage Database ; (Local Government Register)
Official name	Former St Peter's Church of England Group Including Former Church Hall and Small Store
Type	Local government register
Designated	14 December 2012
Type	Church
Category	Religion

Last updated December 13, 2019

St Peter's Church is a heritage-listed former Anglican church precinct on the corner of Bourke Street and St Peters Street, in the inner city Sydney suburb of Darlinghurst in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999^[1] and is listed on the (now defunct) Australian Register of the National Estate.^[2]

History

The former church was built in 1866-67, with a vestry addition between 1871-83. It was designed by O. H. Lewis, son of Colonial Architect Mortimer Lewis, and is his only known work. The church hall, designed by Benjamin Backhouse, was built in 1873. In 1924, the church purchased five terrace houses along Forbes Street on land they had long sought to obtain and demolished them to create an entry and forecourt area.^[3]

It was associated with a number of prominent Sydney figures, including The Sydney Morning Herald owner Charles Kemp, Assistant Commissioner-General Henry Connell, businessman Lebbeus Hordern and author Patrick White. Hordern and Kemp were honoured with stained glass windows.^[3]

Amidst declining congregations and finances, the church became a branch of St John's Anglican Church in 1986 and was closed in March 1993. It was sold to SCEGGS Darlinghurst in September 1993.^[3]

The former church is now the school's Great Hall, while the former hall was refurbished in 1998 to serve as its Playhouse. The school has used the former church for Easter and Christmas services.^[3]

Description

The former church is a two-storey sandstone building with a gabled slate roof, designed in the English Gothic Revival style. It consists of a nave with two aisles, a vestry and chancel.^[3]

The former hall is a single-storey brick building with a sandstone base. The upper hall was divided into three spaces as part of the 1998 refurbishment, while the lower hall retains its two original principal spaces.^[3]

Heritage listing

St Peter's Church and Precinct was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.^[1]

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References

1 2 "St. Peter's Church and Precinct". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Office of Environment and Heritage. H00148. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
↑ "St Peters Anglican Church (former), 150-152 Bourke St, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia (Place ID 2189)". Australian Heritage Database . Department of the Environment. 21 October 1980. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Former St Peter's Church of England Group Including Former Church Hall and Small Store". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment and Heritage . Retrieved 24 October 2018.

Bibliography

Pollen, F.; Healy, G., eds. (1988). 'Darlinghurst' in The Book of Sydney Suburbs.

Attribution

This Wikipedia article was originally based on St. Peter's Church and Precinct , entry number 148 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales and Office of Environment and Heritage 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence , accessed on 13 October 2018.

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[nswshr-148-1] 1 2 "St. Peter's Church and Precinct". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Office of Environment and Heritage. H00148. Retrieved 13 October 2018.

[AHD-2] "St Peters Anglican Church (former), 150-152 Bourke St, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia (Place ID 2189)". Australian Heritage Database . Department of the Environment. 21 October 1980. Retrieved 24 October 2018.

[shi-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Former St Peter's Church of England Group Including Former Church Hall and Small Store". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment and Heritage . Retrieved 24 October 2018.