St Columba's Church & School Hall

Author

City of Bayswater

Place Number

11277

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Location

32 Roberts St Bayswater

Location Details

Cnr Almondbury St & Roberts Rd (also known as Lot 1 Milne St). BDD 14-5-13

Other Name(s)

St Columba's Church

Local Government

Bayswater

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1907, Constructed from 1958

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	25 Feb 2020

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Local Heritage Survey	Adopted	25 Feb 2020	Classification 2	Classification 2 Sites have considerable local importance and will generally include public or community buildings, commercial buildings and residential dwellings of exceptional significance. Demolition of these places would generally not be supported.
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	24 Feb 1998	Classification 2	Classification 2 Sites have considerable local importance and will generally include public or community buildings, commercial buildings and residential dwellings of exceptional significance. Demolition of these places would generally not be supported.
Catholic Church Inventory	Adopted	01 Jul 1998			Heritage Council

Statement of Significance

The place is a representative example of the Gothic style of architecture and is significant for its spiritual, social and civic associations.

Physical Description

Brick ecclesiastical building in a Gothic Style with brick buttresses dividing the side
walls into 5 bays. Each of these bays contains a pair of wooden casements with
pointed Gothic arch lights above, featuring coloured glass panes and with a
cement arch moulding over. The corrugated metal gable roof has two small
dormer vents on each side and is finished at each end with a small brick parapet
with stone capping and surmounted by a stone cross. The buttresses also feature
stone cappings and the stepped base to the walls is rendered with cement.
The entrance doorways on each side have raised covered porches approached by
cement steps. The separate corrugated metal gable roof to each porch is
supported on wooden posts with steel tubular pipes also providing a balustrade.

History

St Columba's Church is first listed in the Post office Directory in 1907. It is interesting to note that the Catholic Church was the last demonination to build in the district. Constructed of the solid brick style of the era, the building cleared resulted from the influx of residents who came to live in Bayswater between 1904 and 1907. In the late 1930s a primary school was added to the site and a new church opened in 1958. The old church has now been incorporated into the school.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity - High
Authenticity - High

Condition

Good

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	EDUCATIONAL	Other
Original Use	RELIGIOUS	Church, Cathedral or Chapel

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Wall	BRICK	Common Brick

Historic Themes

General	Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Religion

Creation Date

19 Mar 1998

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

19 May 2021

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