St Bernards Parish Primary School, Chapel, Convent and garden.

9 Patterson Street BACCHUS MARSH, MOORABOOL SHIRE

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St Bernards Parish Primary School.

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  • Physical Conditions

    St Bernards Parish Primary School, Chapel, Convent and garden. - Physical Conditions

    Good. There is vertical cracking on the centre north wall of the Covent.

    Intactness

    St Bernards Parish Primary School, Chapel, Convent and garden. - Intactness

    Very Good. The Chapel lacks one parapet cross. It needs maintenance.

    Physical Description 1

    St Bernards Parish Primary School, Chapel, Convent and garden. - Physical Description 1

    A. Chapel A red brick Decorated Gothic ecclesiastical building of 1905. It has (rare) green slate gable roof with terra-cotta cresting in a cruciform pattern. There are gablet vents. There is a three-bay schoolroom with a smaller room on the axis and the entrance porch going from the side of that. Windows are pointed segmental head with two lancets, the label moulds with foliate steps. There is a render band at cill height. The east end has a triple lancet window. There is a cornice moulding with coved corbels at the gable parapet ends, with gablets.

    B. Exterior A gable roofed red brick building of 1926.

    C. Convent A two-storey red brick with (unpainted) roughcast and weatherboard infill of 1900. The gable roof has decorative loopy barges and oculus vents. It is double-fronted symmetrically, facing south with a round-headed entry. There are cream-brick dressings on this front . Across it and returning on two sides is a double-storey verandah on brick piers, added later.

    Physical Description 2

    St Bernards Parish Primary School, Chapel, Convent and garden. - Physical Description 2

    The Garden. The garden surrounding the convent and chapel indicate that plantings were for functional purposes and for pleasure. A stone embankment and wall is adjacent to the chapel, planted with agapanthus. A large cypress screens the garden from the south. Large peppercorn trees are randomly planted along the east boundary, with specimen trees and shrubs in the lawns and around the perimeter of the buildings. The rear garden has an interesting paved area consisting of, crazy paving' in concrete pieces.

    Plant species include: Cupressus macrocarpa, Monterey Cypress. Schinus molle, Peppercorn Tree. Cotoneaster serotinus, Cotoneaster. Prunus armeniaca, Apricot. Syringa vulgaris, Lilac. Nerium oleander, Oleander. Agapanthus orientalislalloa, Blue & White Agapanthus. Coprosma oepens, Mirror Bush. Chaenomeles japonica, Flowering Quince. Citrus limon, Lemon. Bradrychiton populneus, Kurrajong. Ligustrum sinense, Chinese Privet. Hedera helix, English Ivy. Eucalyptus.... Cedrus altantica 'glauca', Blue Antlas Cedar.

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Moorabool - Bacchus Marsh Heritage Study 1995

    Author: Richard Peterson and Daniel Catrice
    Year: 1995
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