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Christ Church, North Adelaide

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Country
  
Australia

Website
  
ccna.asn.au

Functional status
  
Active

Denomination
  
Anglican

Founded
  
20 December 1849

Christ Church, North Adelaide

Location
  
North Adelaide, South Australia

Christ Church, North Adelaide is an Anglican church consecrated in 1849. The Foundation Stone was laid in 1848 by Augustus Short, first Bishop of Adelaide. Christ Church was the pro-cathedral until 1877 when St Peter’s Cathedral opened.

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The building

The building is in the Romanesque architectural style and was built under the direction of architects Henry Stuckey and William Weir. The built is of local limestone mined from Palmer Place, with slate roof tiles from Willunga.

The church, rectory and hall are all heritage listed with former two appearing on the South Australian Heritage Register and the latter appearing on a 'local' list maintained by the City of Adelaide.

Liturgy

Worship in the church follows the Book of Common Prayer.

People

Priests

  • Charles Marryat
  • Charles Murray
  • George Jose
  • James Pollitt
  • Others

  • Henry Sparks
  • References

    Christ Church, North Adelaide Wikipedia


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