ST FIDELIS' CATHOLIC CHURCH & PRESBYTERY
41-49 Clarendon Street, Coburg VIC 3058 - Property No 27705
Clarendon Street
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Statement of Significance
St Fidelis' Catholic Church & Presbytery, designed by Fritsch & Fritsch and constructed in 1937-38, at 41-49 Clarendon Street, Coburg.
How is it Significant?
St Fidelis' Catholic Church & Presbytery is of local historic, social and aesthetic significance to the City of Moreland.
Why is it Significant?
Historically, it is significant for its strong associations with the development of the Catholic Church in Coburg. As the first permanent church erected by the Parish to replace an earlier building that formed part of the parish school, it illustrates the significant development of the parish following its establishment in 1927 and this part of Coburg during the interwar period. It is also important for its associations with the architectural firm of Fritsch & Fritsch. (RNE criteria A.4, D.2 and H.1)
Socially, it is significant for its strong associations with the local and wider community as the centre for catholic worship in this part of Coburg and has been an important community meeting place over a long period. (RNE criterion G.1)
Aesthetically, the church is architecturally significant as a fine example of the Interwar Romanesque style, which also includes the fine interior. Situated on a prominent site, it is a local landmark and the focus of the Clarendon Street precinct. (RNE criterion E.1)
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ST FIDELIS' CATHOLIC CHURCH & PRESBYTERY - Physical Description 1
St Fidelis' Roman Catholic Church is a large clinker brick church in a simple Romanesque style. It has cream-painted rendered dressings to buttresses and gables and a gabled roof of glazed terracotta tiles. Windows are tall arched openings with red brick dressings and leadlight glazing. On the east facade, above a simple gabled entrance portico of rendered brick, is a large wheel window. To the east of the north transept is a tall clinker brick bell tower, square in plan at its base, but is chamfered to an octagonal plan at lantern level. The hipped octagonal roof is topped with a small stone cross.
St Fidelis' Presbytery is a two storey clinker brick residence with a brick quoins to the east facade, a hipped roof of glazed terracotta tiles and a projecting gabled entrance. Semi-circular terrazzo steps lead to the entrance porch, which has a leadlight glazed door beyond a rendered basket arch opening topped with a scrolled pediment. There is an arched window beneath the front gable; other windows are timber-framed sashes. There is a semi-circular bay window on the south elevation, a rendered string course beneath the eaves and clinker brick chimneys with corbelled brick tops. The massing and composition of the building indicate an neo-Georgian influence.
Key Architectural Elements
St Fidelis Church
prominent siting and streetscape presence, landmark tower
notable Romanesque brick and rendered facades
terracotta tiled gabled roofs
St Fidelis Presbytery
Distinctive brick and render neo-Georgian facade
hipped terracotta tiled roofST FIDELIS' CATHOLIC CHURCH & PRESBYTERY - Physical Conditions
Excellent
ST FIDELIS' CATHOLIC CHURCH & PRESBYTERY - Integrity
Intact
Heritage Study and Grading
Moreland - Moreland City Council: Local Heritage Places Review
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2004
Grading: LocalMoreland - City of Coburg Heritage Conservation & Streetscape Study
Author: Timothy Hubbard Pty Ltd
Year: 1991
Grading:Moreland - City of Moreland Heritage Review
Author: Allen Lovell and Associates
Year: 1999
Grading:
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