St. John's Anglican Church
77A Paisley Street, FOOTSCRAY VIC 3011 - Property No 2061013800
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Statement of Significance
Architecturally, of mixed origin and hence the potential of the Polain design has not been realized. However some valuable brickwork and details remain historically, a major public building in the city over a long period.
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St. John's Anglican Church - Physical Description 1
Polain's design had been the first in Footscray to use the brightly coloured bricks made fashionable since the Lombardic Romanesque Revival had been so successfully introduced at the Collins Street Independent Church. Equivalent to the decorated stage of English Gothic, the style used here also had the coloured embellishment of the Italian Goths, a mode which became more common in parish churches of the 1885-90s. It is for that reason that the Early English come Norman square tower was an inappropriate addition to the church in lieu of the (more expensive) spired tower of its contemporaries. Williams was using this type of tower in many of his designs throughout the 1930s but there was a symbolic reason for the choice: it was a memorial for those who fell at Normanby in the First War. [1]
References:
1 FHS Notes on Historical Buildings.. .'.1969St. John's Anglican Church - Integrity
External Integrity
Fence gone.
St. John's Anglican Church - Physical Description 2
Streetscape
Isolated in a mixed commercial/residential area but relates to Baptist church and residence opposite.
Heritage Study and Grading
Maribyrnong - City of Footscray Urban Conservation Study
Author: Graeme Butler
Year: 1989
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FORMER BARKLY THEATREVictorian Heritage Register H0878
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PRIMARY SCHOOL NO.253Victorian Heritage Register H1713
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FOOTSCRAY RAILWAY STATION COMPLEXVictorian Heritage Register H1563
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