| St Agnes Anglican Church, Esk | |
|---|---|
 Esk Anglican Rectory and Church, 2010 | |
| Location | Ipswich Street,Esk,Somerset Region,Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°14′27″S152°25′22″E / 27.2409°S 152.4227°E /-27.2409; 152.4227 |
| Design period | 1870s–1890s (late 19th century) |
| Built | 1889–1953 |
| Architect | John Hingeston Buckeridge |
| Official name | St Agnes Rectory and Church |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600493 |
| Significant period | 1889, 1901–1902, 1908–1910, 1920, 1953 (fabric) |
| Significant components | stained glass window/s, memorial – gate/s, furniture/fittings, tower – bell / belfry, memorial – plaque, church, residential accommodation – rectory, trees/plantings |
| Builders | Lars Andersen |
  Location of St Agnes Anglican Church, Esk in Queensland | |
St Agnes Anglican Church is a heritage-listedchurchyard at Ipswich Street,Esk,Somerset Region,Queensland, Australia. It was designed byJohn Hingeston Buckeridge and built in 1889 by Lars Andersen. It is also known as St Agnes Rectory and Church Hall. It was added to theQueensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.[1]
The timber church, rectory and church hall which comprise the St Agnes group at Esk, were erected between 1889 and 1910.[1]
The Anglican Parish of Esk had been created in 1886. For the first few years, services at Esk were conducted at the non-denominationalUnion Church. The present site, intended for a church, hall and rectory, was donated by Ellen Webb, and transferred to theAnglican Church in 1889. Plans for the church were prepared in late 1888 byBrisbane diocesan architect John Hingeston Buckeridge, with working drawings following in 1889. Limited funds produced some alteration to the design. The building was erected in mid-1889 by local Esk contractor, sawmill proprietor and Anglican parishioner, Lars Andersen, and was dedicated on Monday 28 October 1889 byBishopWilliam Webber.[1][2][3]
In 1907 the western end of the building was lengthened by 3 metres (9.8 ft), thecommunion rails were extended, and avestry was added.[1]
Therectory was constructed in 1901–1902, and had been paid for by November 1902. It also was designed by Buckeridge, and included a parish room (meeting room). Since 1928, when the Esk andToogoolawah parishes re-combined to form theBrisbane Valley parish, the rector has resided at Toogoolawah, and St Agnes rectory has been rented. Currently it is leased to a local art and craft society.[1]
The church and rectory were two of approximately ninety Anglican buildings erected during the episcopate of theAnglican Bishop of BrisbaneWilliam Webber, from 1885 to 1903. Webber had an understanding of ecclesiastical design and architecture generally and was responsible for bringing Buckeridge to Brisbane from London, appointing him as Diocesan Architect in 1887.[1]
The church hall began as a smallerSunday School building, constructedc. 1902. It was extended as a hall between 1908 and 1910, and has been modified since. This building does not form part of the heritage listing.[1]
In 1903 shade trees were planted in the grounds, some of which remain.[1]
The street entrance pillars were erected in honour of former parishioner and Brisbane Valley pioneerFrancis Edward Bigge. They were designed and built by stonemasonAndrew Petrie ofToowong in 1920.[1]
The bell andbelltower were erected in 1953.[1]
St Agnes rectory and church, located with a hall, belltower and grounds containing a number of mature trees, form an Anglican Church group which, along with the Presbyterian, Uniting and Catholic Church groups, is situated on Ipswich Street, the main road into Esk.[1]
St Agnes church is a weatherboard building with a steeply pitched ribbed metal gable roof with deep timber brackets to theeaves. The building has a rectangular plan set on a later brick base, with a vestry added to the east and a porch to the north west.[1]
The entry porch has a gable roof with weatherboardbalustrade and gable. The entry and vestry doors have convex quarter circles at the top corners.[1]
The building featureslancet windows, most of which containleadlight glazing except in thesanctuary which featuresstained glass. The building has ascissor trussed roof with boarded ceiling and verticaltongue and groove boards to the walls of thenave. The sanctuary has horizontal boards to the walls and the interior surfaces have been painted.[1]
A timber screen separates the sanctuary from the nave. This screen has a tongue and groove balustrade and decorative timber brackets forming a pointed arch in the centre. A timber cross is supported above the centre and apulpit is built into the western end of the nave.[1]
The internal faces of the doors have decorative diagonal boarding at close centres. The floor of the sanctuary andaltar are raised above the nave andvestry, and atcornice level there are spaced ventilation boards. The altar andaltar rail are of stained carved timber and the building contains originalpews, a stonebaptismal font and memorial plaques.[1]
A 1953 timber-framebelltower with a corrugated iron pitched roof is located to the north east of the church. Entry to the site is via memorial gates which consist of three sandstone gateposts with decorative metal gates. The posts are square in plan with pyramidcapitals, rock finish faces with dressed corners and base and a marble plaque and name badge on the two centre posts. The grounds include a number of notable mature trees.[1]
St Agnes rectory is a single-storeyedweatherboard building with acorrugated ironhippedgable roof. It has timber stumps, withverandahs on the north and east sides. The street entranceporch has a projecting gable to the verandah with decorative timbertruss,finial andbarge boards. The verandah roof is at a lesser pitch to the main roof and the hippedgables have curved timber bargeboards.[1]
The verandah features decorative timberbrackets and posts and the walls are single-skin with exposed timber framing. The front door has timber panelling with glasssidelights andfanlight.French doors with fanlights open onto the verandah.[1]
The double hungsash windows have sunhoods with curved timber brackets and acarport has been added to the south, the roof of which cuts across a side window. The building has a brickchimney and a rear verandah has been enclosed withchamferboards andcasement windows.[1]
Internally, the joinery is intact and the building has boarded walls and ceiling. A detached laundry is located at the rear.[1]
St Agnes Church and rectory were listed on theQueensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria.[1]
The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history.
St Agnes Church and rectory are important in demonstrating the pattern of Queensland's history, being associated with the consolidation of the Anglican church in Esk.[1]
The place demonstrates rare, uncommon or endangered aspects of Queensland's cultural heritage.
They demonstrate an uncommon aspect of Queensland's cultural heritage, comprising as they do the only known group of buildings in Queensland which contains both a church and rectory designed by diocesan architect JH Buckeridge, and are important in illustrating the principal characteristics of their type.[1]
The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places.
They demonstrate an uncommon aspect of Queensland's cultural heritage, comprising as they do the only known group of buildings in Queensland which contains both a church and rectory designed by diocesan architect JH Buckeridge, and are important in illustrating the principal characteristics of their type.[1]
The place is important because of its aesthetic significance.
The place is important in exhibiting a number of aesthetic characteristics valued by the local community, including the intactness of the federation-era rectory, and the contribution, through scale, form and materials, of the buildings and grounds to the streetscape of Ipswich Street and to the Esk townscape.[1]
The place has a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons.
The place has had a special association with the Anglican community in Esk as a centre of local worship, for over a century.[1]
The place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland's history.
The church and rectory have a strong association with architect JH Buckeridge, being examples of his ecclesiastical work in Queensland.[1]
This Wikipedia article incorporates text from"The Queensland heritage register" published by theState of Queensland underCC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 7 July 2014,archived on 8 October 2014). The geo-coordinates were computed from the"Queensland heritage register boundaries" published by theState of Queensland underCC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 5 September 2014,archived on 15 October 2014).
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