St Thomas' Anglican Church, North Sydney

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St Thomas' Anglican Church
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St Thomas' Anglican Church, North Sydney
33°50′01″S151°12′21″E / 33.833727°S 151.205955°E / -33.833727; 151.205955
LocationChurch Street, North Sydney, New South Wales
CountryAustralia
Denomination Anglican Church of Australia
Website www.st-thomas.org.au
History
Status Church
Founded1843
Dedication Thomas the Apostle
Dedicated1884
Associated people Edward Wollstonecraft (buried)
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)
Architectural type Victorian Academic Gothic
Years built1884
Administration
Diocese Sydney
New South Wales Heritage Database
(Local Government Register)
Official nameSt Thomas' Church
TypeLocal government heritage
Criteria a., c., d., f., g.
Designated2 August 2013
Reference no.I0885
TypeBuilt
CategoryChurch
BuildersJ. Jago

St Thomas' Anglican Church, North Sydney is a large Anglican church in Sydney's North Shore. It is located at the corner of Church and McLaren streets, close to the North Sydney central business district. The church is listed on the local government heritage register [1] and is listed on the (now defunct) Register of the National Estate. [2]

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History

The first church called St Thomas' on the site, then named St Leonard's, was designed by Conrad Martens and opened in 1846. Martens personally carved the font, which is still in use. In the later years of the first Rector's time at St Thomas', the Anglican architect Edmund Blacket was recommended to design a larger church; it opened in 1884 in the Victorian Academic Gothic style. [1]

The graveyard holds the remains of many famous colonialists, including Edward Wollstonecraft. [3]

In 1938 a plaque commemorating the founders was unveiled at the church by New South Wales Governor, Lord Wakehurst. [4] Early members of the church included Alexander Berry, William Miller, Thomas Walker, Oswald Bloxsome, James Milson, Conrad Martens, Colonel George Barney, George Lavender, John Blue, and William Shairp. [5]

Rectors include George Charles Bode ??–1880; Stephen Henry Childe 1880–1913; [6] Horace Crotty 1913–1919; Harold Napier Baker 1919–1945; William John Siddens 1945–1970

Service times

There are three Sunday services at St Thomas'. There is a service at 8:00am (traditional), 10:00am (family service) and 5:00pm (informal).

Church by the Bridge

Church by the Bridge is a church plant of St Thomas', North Sydney. It is located in Broughton Street, Kirribilli, and offers a contemporary, Bible-based service which meets at 8am, 9.30am, 5:00pm and 6:45pm each Sunday and 5:30pm each Saturday evening, followed by supper.

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References

  1. 1 2 "St Thomas' Church". New South Wales Heritage Database. Office of Environment & Heritage . Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  2. The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company (1981), p.2/48
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2007. Retrieved 3 April 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Founders of St Thomas Church". Monument Australia. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  5. "THE CHURCHES". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 31, 394. New South Wales, Australia. 15 August 1938. p. 7. Retrieved 4 October 2018 via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Obituary". The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 28, 201. New South Wales, Australia. 24 May 1928. p. 4. Retrieved 28 July 2022 via National Library of Australia.

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