6. ‘A church [almost] as it should be’: The High Noon of Colonial Ecclesiology

Bremner, G. A.

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6. ‘A church [almost] as it should be’: The High Noon of Colonial Ecclesiology

G. A. Bremner

Description: Imperial Gothic: Religious Architecture and High Anglican Culture in the British...

Imperial Gothic: Religious Architecture and High Anglican Culture in the British Empire, c.1840–1870

The period between about 1850 and 1875 saw the colonies ‘catching up’ with ecclesiological developments in England as best they could as their populations grew...

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G. A. Bremner

PublisherPaul Mellon Centre

Related print edition pages: pp.257-322

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Chapter subject tags:Great Britain--Colonies--History--19th centuryChurch architecture--Australia--19th centuryGothic revival (Architecture)Church architecture--New Zealand--19th centuryChurch of England--Missions

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St. Mark's church by Blacket, Edmund
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1848–1870
The octagonal turret on the west tower of St. Paul's church by Blacket, Edmund
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1848–1875
Plan of Edmund Blacket's design for St. Paul's church, Chippendale by Blacket, Edmund
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1848
Perspective drawing of Arthur Ashpitel's design for St. Barnabas's church, Homerton, near London (1845–1852) by Ashpitel, Arthur
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1847
A dripstone termination on the entrance doorway to St. Paul's church, showing the head of a medieval queen, detail by Blacket, Edmund
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1848–1875
St. Philip's church by Blacket, Edmund
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1848–1858
Edmund Blacket's design for Christ Church, Geelong by Ham, Thomas
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1844
St. Clement's church by Blacket, Edmund
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1847–1850
St. Saviour's cathedral by Blacket, Edmund
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1874–1988
Interior of St. Saviour's cathedral looking east down the nave to the choir by Blacket, Edmund
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1874–1988
The west elevation of St. Silas's church, Waterloo, Sydney, from the office of Edmund Blacket by Hunt, John Horbury
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1867
Church of the Good Shepherd by Hunt, John Horbury
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1870–1872
St. Matthias's church by Hunt, John Horbury
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1871–1875
St. James's church by Hunt, John Horbury
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1875–1879
St. Peter's cathedral by Hunt, John Horbury
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1871–1891
South transept of St. Peter's cathedral by Hunt, John Horbury
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1871–1891
St. Michael and All Angels by Scott, George Gilbert, I
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1859
Plan and south elevation of St. John's church, Ross, Tasmania by Hunter, Henry
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1868
Plan and south elevation of St. John's church, Ross, Tasmania by Hunter, Henry
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1868
St. Peter's church by Vickers, Charles; Terry, Leonard
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1846–1876
Interior of St. Peter's, Eastern Hill (1846–1876) by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
Unknown
St. Paul's church by Webb, Charles; Webb, James
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1850–1852
All Saints' church by Billing, Nathaniel
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1858–1891
Interior of All Saints' church looking east down the nave to the chancel by Billing, Nathaniel
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1858–1891
Christ Church by Webb, Charles
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1856–1889
Church of St. John the Evangelist by Wardell, William Wilkinson
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1860–1862
St. John's church by Billing, Nathaniel
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1854–1855
St. Peter's church by Cuthbert, Charles Davenport
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1864–1891
Christ Church by Terry, Leonard
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1862–1863
Benjamin Woolfield Mountfort (1825–1898) by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
Unknown
Perspective drawing of B. W. Mountfort's design of 1851 for Holy Trinity church, Lyttelton, New Zealand by Mountfort, Benjamin Woolfield
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1851–1855
The Church of the Most Holy Trinity at Lyttelton by FitzGerald, James Edward
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1852
St. Mary's church by Mountfort, Benjamin Woolfield
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1862
Belfry (center right) of the church of St. Michael and All Angels by Mountfort, Benjamin Woolfield
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1861
The church of St. John the Baptist by Bury, Maxwell
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1864
Plan and north elevation of Maxwell Bury's design for St. John the Baptist, Latimer Square, Christchurch by Bury, Maxwell
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1864
John Coleridge Patteson (1827–1871), first bishop of Melanesia by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
Unknown
View from the west of the buildings forming the quadrangle of St. Andrew's College by Wood, Reader
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
c. 1865
Interior of the chapel at St. Andrew's College, Kohimarama by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1867
St. Barnabas's church (Patteson Memorial chapel) by Jackson, Thomas Graham
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1875–1880
Interior of St. Barnabas's church, looking east to the altar by Jackson, Thomas Graham
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1875–1880
Stall end from St. Barnabas's church by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1875–1880
Interior perspective of the initial design for Honolulu cathedral, detail by Slater, William
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1862
Interior perspective of the revised scheme for Honolulu cathedral by Slater, William; Carpenter, Richard Herbert
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1866
Exterior perspective drawing (with plan) of the revised scheme for Honolulu cathedral by Slater, William; Carpenter, Richard Herbert
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1866
St. John's church by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1852–1860
Holy Trinity church, Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1852
St James's Church, Calcutta by Wray, Christopher George
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1864
The Anglican cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Shanghai (1866–1869) by Scott, George Gilbert, I
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1877
Design drawings for St. John's church (the Afghan Memorial church), Colaba, Bombay by Conybeare, Henry
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
c. 1849
St. John's church (the Afghan Memorial church) by Conybeare, Henry
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1850–1857
The chancel wall of St. John's church (the Afghan Memorial church) by Butterfield, William
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1879
Elevation drawings of Henry Langley's design for St. Peter's church, Carleton Street, Toronto by Langley, Henry
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1864
The church of St. Stephen-in-the-Fields by Fuller, Thomas
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1858
The church of St. Alban the Martyr by Fuller, Thomas
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1867-1877
St. James the Less funeral chapel by Cumberland, Frederic W.; Storm, William G.
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1857–1861
South elevation drawing for St. James the Less funeral chapel, Toronto by Cumberland, Frederic W.; Storm, William G.
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1857
South aisle window of St. James the Less funeral chapel, interior view by Cumberland, Frederic W.; Storm, William G.
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1857–1861
East elevation drawing for Frederic Cumberland's design for the Church of the Ascension, Hamilton, Ontario by Cumberland, Frederic W.
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1850
Design for Christ Church, Brampton, Ontario by Hay, William
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1854
Interior perspective drawing and plan of C. Hodgson Fowler's design for St. George's, Lennoxville, Quebec by Fowler, Charles Hodgson
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1869
Interior perspective drawing of St. Paul's church, Yorkville (Bloor Street), Toronto (1858–1860) by Radford, George Kent; Radford, Edward
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1858
St. Andrew's church by Marshall, Caleb
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
c. 1867
Christ Church by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1861
St. Clement's church by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1862–1863
St. James's church, Winnipeg (1852–1853) by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
Unknown
Holy Trinity church by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1854–1860
St. John's cathedral by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
c. 1865
Armstrong Memorial chapel by Woodyer, Henry; Gray, Sophia
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1856–1862
Holy Trinity church by Woodyer, Henry
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1873
St. Bartholomew's church by White, William
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1857–1860
St. Saviour's church by Butterfield, William; Gray, Sophia
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1849–1880
South and west elevations of William Butterfield's unexecuted design for St. Matthew's church, Auckland by Butterfield, William
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1858
Plan and sections of William Butterfield's unexecuted design for St. Matthew's church, Auckland by Butterfield, William
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1858
St. Mary's church by Carpenter, Richard Cromwell; Hunter, Henry
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1861–1862
North elevation of R. C. Carpenter's original design of a church for Tasmania by Carpenter, Richard Cromwell
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
c. 1844
Design for a cathedral at Adelaide, South Australia by Slater, William
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1847
East end of St. Alban's church by Scott, George Gilbert, I; Hunt, John Horbury
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1864–1869
West elevation drawing of G. G. Scott's original design for St. Alban's church, Muswellbrook by Scott, George Gilbert, I
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1863
John Horbury Hunt's revision of G. G. Scott's plan for St. Alban's church, Muswellbrook by Hunt, John Horbury
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
c. 1864
Pastoral staff for the bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand by Burges, William
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1866
Church of St. John the Evangelist by Street, George Edmund
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1878
Church of St. John the Baptist by Hunter, Henry
By John Carlson
on Aug 15
1852–1856