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Our Lady Help of Christians Church
309 Myrniong - Korobeit Road KOROBEIT, MOORABOOL SHIRE

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Our Lady Help of Christians Church
Our Lady Help of Christians Church
Our Lady Help of Christians Church
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Statement of Significance

A red brick Early English Catholic church built in 1905 and designed by Kempson and Connolly, architects.

It is of local historical significance for its association with the religious development of community life. It has architectural significance as an intact surviving representative example of its style and of the work of its architects Kempson and Connolly.

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    • Physical Conditions

      Our Lady Help of Christians Church - Physical Conditions

      Very good.

      Intactness

      Our Lady Help of Christians Church - Intactness

      Apparently excellent.

      SIGNIFICANT INTACT ELEMENTS:

      FORM. FACADE. ROOF FORM. PLAN. USE.

      PARAPET DECORATION. EAVES DECORATION. ROOF DECORATION..

      CHIMNEY.WALL DECORATION. DOORS. WINDOWS. PAINTWORK SCHEME. SIGNS.

      UNPAINTED FINISH. INTERIORS. VIEWS. TREES..

      Physical Description 1

      Our Lady Help of Christians Church - Physical Description 1

      A 5-bay red brick gable-roofed church in the Early English Gothic style. It has a slate roof The first north bay is a porch and there is a chancel on axis with a vestry, projecting northwards from this. Dressings are render generally painted cream: gables have parapets, buttresses have stepped cappings, windows are lancets with soldier course heads, with label moulds and foliate stops and there is a stringcourse at cill height. The ridge has a metal cresting, there are gambrel gablet vents with finials to each bay. The west end has a cruciform octafoil rose window over triple lancets and the vestry has an oculus over a straight leaded window pair. The interior was not accessible.

      Historical Australian Themes

      Our Lady Help of Christians Church - Historical Australian Themes

      Cornmunity life.

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Moorabool - Bacchus Marsh Heritage Study 1995

      Author: Richard Peterson and Daniel Catrice
      Year: 1995
      Grading:

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