St James Anglican Church

Author

Shire of Northam

Place Number

01899

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Location

Wellington St Northam

Location Details

Cnr Wellington & Morrell Sts

Local Government

Northam

Region

Avon Arc

Construction Date

Constructed from 1911

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	21 Feb 2020

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
RHP - Does not warrant assessment	Current	30 Apr 2004

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Classified by the National Trust	Recorded	04 Mar 1980			Heritage Council
Anglican Church Inventory	YES	31 Jul 1996			Heritage Council
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	25 Feb 1998	2. Considerable significance	2. Considerable significance Very important to the heritage of the locality. High degree of integrity / authenticity. Conservation of the place is highly desirable. Any alterations or extensions should reinforce the significance of the place.

Statement of Significance

St James' Church has aesthetic significance with its Gothic features. It has social significance, reflecting an important part of community life in West Northam

Physical Description

St James' Anglican Church is a red brick building with a parapeted gable, a steeply pitched corrugated iron roof, wall buttresses, and narrow windows. On one end a fibro weatherboard section has been added. There is a detached hall on the site.

History

The first Anglican Church in the Northam district was the first St James' Church, built on the outskirts of the town in Hawes Street, between 1851-55. Dissatisfaction later arose among the Anglicans living in the town about the distance of the church from the town. Church services were then held in the Mechanics Institute, and in 1889 St John's Church was built. St James' Church was demolished in 1904. To service the Anglicans in West Northam, a new St James' Church was built in 1911.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High degree
Authenticity: High degree

Condition

Good

Associations

Name	Type	Year From	Year To
Howard Evans	Architect	1911	-

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	1998 Municipal Inventory	Shire of Northam	1998

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
6610	Anglican churches Northam : conservation plan.	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	2003

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

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

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	(none)
Roof	(none)

Historic Themes

General	Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Religion

Creation Date

30 May 1989

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

26 Feb 2020

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