ST JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH
60 NAR NAR GOON ROAD, NAR NAR GOON, CARDINIA SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
St. James Catholic Church, opened 14 March 1971, and designed by Ivan A. Anderson, architect, has significance for Cardinia Shire as an unusual example of a large, architect-designed 20th century church built on a traditional church site. The distinctive design choice is unusual for a rural hamlet.
The church has architectural significance for its mannered and unusual Modernist design, loosely based on the form of Le Courbusier's internationally acclaimed Ronchamp church (1950-54). The design represents well a period when post World War Two church designs were finally free from traditional forms and instead pursued contemporary and often inspirational design themes. It is a landmark Nar Nar Goon building, sited on a hill and visible from the busy Princes Highway.
Regional Significance
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ST JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH - Physical Description 1
This is a mannered and unusual Modernist design which has been loosely based on the form of Le Corbusier's internationally acclaimed Ronchamp church (1950-4) which had a major effect on the architectural community in Australia in the 1960s. The irregular plan is walled-in with grey split-face concrete masonry and buttressed at the corners. The hipped roof form is clad with steel decking, emphasising the triangular roof surfaces, while the impressive elongated triangular spire over the altar is clad with corrugated iron, so common in the surrounding rural buildings. This spire is glazed (aluminium industrial glazing?) above the main roof level. As in the Corbusier prototype, vents and irregularly sized rectangular boxed windows have been inserted into the walls with the coloured mosaic glazing providing multi-coloured gems of light to the interior.
ST JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH - Physical Conditions
The building is externally near original
ST JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH - Historical Australian Themes
Historical Theme
9.3 Churches and cemeteries
ST JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH - Physical Description 2
Associations - Catholic Church
Heritage Study and Grading
Cardinia - Cardinia Shire Heritage Study 1996
Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
Year: 1996
Grading: Local
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