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ST MONICAS CATHOLIC CHURCH
818 MOUNT ALEXANDER ROAD MOONEE PONDS, MOONEE VALLEY CITY

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ST MONICAS CATHOLIC CHURCH SOHE 2008

1 st monicas catholic church mount alexander road moonee ponds front elevation may1996

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Statement of Significance

St Monica's Catholic Church Moonee Ponds was designed by the architectural firm Payne & Dale and constructed by Simmie and Co in 1934 to seat a congregation of 1,200. It was built to replace a smaller church built on the same site in 1884 to a design by Reid & Barnes and demolished in 1934. The construction of the present church, described at the time a 'a modern version of the Spanish Gothic style, reminiscent of the Catalan School', was carried out in stages and initially incorporated the sanctuary of the earlier church.

The sanctuary was replaced in 1941 also to the design of Payne & Dale. In 1971 alterations were undertaken to reflect changes in the liturgy following Vatican II and included the removal of the altar rail and the extension of the sanctuary into the nave. The alterations were also supervised by TG Payne. The stained glass windows in the main body of the church are by Hardman of Birmingham and date from the 1940s and 1950s.

St Monica's Catholic Church Moonee Ponds is of architectural, social and historical importance to the State of Victoria.

St Monica's is of architectural importance for its high degree of creative accomplishment including its elaborate tracery and its soaring hall-church interior lit by spectacular stained glass. It is an important work of architects Payne & Dale who designed a number of buildings for the Catholic Church in the 20th century. It is also important for its high degree of intactness

St Monica's is historically and socially important as an ambitious example of the Catholic Church's policy to maintain building programmes during the Great Depression. It is one of the largest suburban churches of the period and is important as the most impressive Catholic Church constructed in the western suburbs in the twentieth century.

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Record Details

Place ID
4916
Location
818 MOUNT ALEXANDER ROAD MOONEE PONDS, MOONEE VALLEY CITY
Municipality
MOONEE VALLEY CITY
Heritage Listing
Victorian Heritage Register
Level of significance
Registered
Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number
H1217

Heritage Overlay Numbers
HO86
Extent of Registration

NOTICE OF REGISTRATION

As Executive Director for the purpose of the Heritage Act, I give notice under section 46 that the Victorian Heritage Register is amended by including the Heritage Register Number 1217 in the category described as a Heritage Place:

St Monica's Catholic Church, 818 Mt Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds, Moonee Valley City Council.

EXTENT:

1. All of the building known as St Monica's Catholic Church, Moonee Ponds marked B-1 and the front fence marked B-2 on Diagram 607305 held by the Executive Director of the Heritage Council.

2. All of the land marked L-1 on Diagram 607305 held by the Executive Director of the Heritage Council, being part of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 10055, Folio 453, Volume 1058, Folio 555 and Volume 1469, Folio 767.

Dated 3 October 1996

RAY TONKIN
Executive Director
[Victoria Government Gazette No. G42 24 October 1996 pp.2775-2776]
Year Construction Started
1934
VHR Registration
October 24, 1996
Architect
Payne & Dale
Heritage Act Categories
Registered place
Category

Religion