Anglican Church of St. John the Divine
5-9 Toorak Avenue CROYDON, MAROONDAH CITY
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Statement of Significance
A brick Modernist Anglican church complex built in 1956 to the design by the respected church architect Keith Reid. It has a particularly interesting interior including several art works. It is architecturally significant locally as an early work of Reid, and as an early Modernist building in Croydon and for the fine craftsmanship of the artworks it contains, including the windows, historically significant for its association with religious developments in Croydon and socially as known and valued by Anglicans in Croydon as part of their sense of identity, as their meeting place and a repository of Anglican memory in Croydon.
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Anglican Church of St. John the Divine - Physical Description 1
A brick Modernist Anglican church complex built in 1956 and designed by the respected church architect Keith Reid. It has a low-pitched gabled-roof over a high nave, proceeded by a narrower narthex of the same height. Ancillary spaces are independently expressed at sides.
Rafters are exposed. The front has triple entrances with a tall central window over, with a large cross superimposed, with a minimal belfry over. The relatively plain exterior belies the fine and interesting interior of three bays. A Lady chapel (1958) has a fine stained glass window (the Buck Memorial Window) by D.S. Pearse and a lamp (1976) gifts of the Mothers' Union. There is a George Fincham and Sons organ (1921, 1982). Stations of the Cross and a large crucifix are carved wood, a paschal candle with a fountain beneath it.
Anglican Church of St. John the Divine - Intactness
Excellent.
Anglican Church of St. John the Divine - Physical Conditions
Excellent.
Heritage Study and Grading
Maroondah - Maroondah Heritage Study
Author: Richard Peterson Architect & Conservation Consultant
Year: 2010
Grading:
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MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CENTREVictorian Heritage Register H0054
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Former Sacred Heart MonasteryNational Trust
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Croyden War MemorialVic. War Heritage Inventory
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