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St Peter's Anglican Church, Marsh Street
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Post date: 04/03/2021
Site Comments:
This is a beautiful stone church in "Early English" style. It was designed by John Welchman and the first section was inaugurated in 1879 while the tower was completed in 1885. The high-pitched roof is covered with slate over diagonal boarding. The main rafters are from hammer beams which carry the load to the external buttresses. The entrance portico has a high Gothic arch and the windows are narrow neo-Gothic ones with pointed arches and leaded lights. An unusual feature is the bell tower which rises in a series of stepped buttresses to the bell chamber which has interesting double Gothic arches and rounded pillasters. The tower has an unusual stone steeple. A tower at the rear of the church duplicates the main tower. There is also a stone vestry at the rear. The wall to the road is also important. This fine church should be protected in the Town Planning Scheme and should be investigated for proclamation.
