Christ Church, North Adelaide is an

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church in

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History

Acre 745 was the original name of the plot between Jeffcott Street and 36-40 Palmer Place, , a suburb immediately north of

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. The foundation stone was laid on 1 June 1848 by

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, the first Anglican Bishop of Adelaide, and the church was consecrated in 1849. Christ Church was the

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until 1877 when St Peter's Cathedral opened. In 1850 a parsonage was built on the southern half of Acre 745 It became the deanery for Dean Marryat in 1887, then a rectory from 1906. In 1868 a site on Jeffcott Street opposite the church was purchased for a schoolroom. The foundation stone was laid on 26 September.

Architecture

The church building is in the

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architectural style and was built under the direction of architects Henry Stuckey and William Weir. It is built of local

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mined from Palmer Place, with

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from Willunga. In 1855 the

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was extended on the western side by some . Stuckey was also responsible for designing a number of other Church of England churches and other buildings in the colony, including at Hindmarsh (now

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(St Barnabas),

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(St Mark's),

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(St Paul's), Beaumont Rectory, Walkerville Rectory, and St Peter’s Church at Glenelg. He also designed two buildings at St Peter's College, and Pirie Street Wesleyan Church. The church, rectory, and hall are all

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with the former two appearing on the

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and the latter appearing on a "local" list maintained by the

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Organ

The church's first instrument was a

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, replaced in 1854 by the

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from J. B. Graham's mansion Prospect House ("Graham's Castle"), and opened by George Bennett, one of his last performances. The new acquisition was heavily criticised, then refurbished and greatly enlarged the following year. It still had faults: it was so badly affected by weather that in winter it took six kerosene lamps burning for an hour before it would play. A new organ was purchased from Augustus Gurm of London and the old one bought by organist James Shakespeare. It was later installed in the Norwood Baptist Church where it served until replaced by J. E. Dodd in 1884.

Liturgy

Worship in the church follows the

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People

Priests: * John Woodcock (1849–1868) * Charles Marryat (1868–1906) * George Jose (1907–1933) * Charles Murray (1933–1938) * Arthur Leslie Bulbeck (1938–1957) *

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(1957–1965) * Richard Mellon Southey (1966–1973) * Alexander Russell Cameron (1973–1990) *

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(1991–2002) * Simon Bailey (2003–2007) *

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(2007–2012) *

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(2013-2020) * Stephen James Bloor (2021-) Others: * James Pollitt *

Henry Sparks Henry Yorke Sparks (ca.1845 – 21 October 1900) was a pioneer businessman of South Australia, and a director of the South Australian Company, Henry was born in Montevideo where his father Henry P(alafox) G(erona) Sparks (ca.1810 – 18 April 187 ...

* W. A. Hughes * Canon Wise (curate 1895–1897)

References

External links

* {{Authority control Churches in Adelaide Romanesque Revival church buildings in Australia Anglican churches in South Australia 19th-century Anglican church buildings in Australia South Australian Heritage Register North Adelaide 1849 establishments in Australia Churches completed in 1849 Limestone churches Limestone buildings in Australia