CHRIST CHURCH OLD CATHEDRAL
ST ARNAUD, VICTORIA ANGLICAN
PAUL SCOTT
This is a very poor quality satellite view of Christ Church Old Cathedral. It shows the nave with an extended narrower chancel at upper right. This will be pointing in a liturgucal East direction (capital E), even though geographically it is somewhat north of geographical east. A vestry block has been added South of the chancel, and in fact, there is a square tower in the angle between vestry block and nave.
Christ Church is simple in lay-out which is fortunate, as no plan appears to be available.
This Church has been included on this site because it was a cathedral from 1926 to 1976. Besides, it is a wonderful building!
A very brief history of the Old Cathedral is given below. However, if you want to begin your tour of the Cathedral immediately, tap / click on START . You can also access intermediate points in the tour by a tap / click on the following links:
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HISTORY
[Wikipedia]
Diocese
The Anglican Diocese of St Arnaud, Australia was an Anglican diocese in north-west Victoria from 1926 to 1976 when it was amalgamated into the Anglican Diocese of Bendigo. The first bishop was Melville Charles James, the next was Allen Ernest Winter, and the last David Hubert Warner Shand.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_St_Arnaud
Christ Church Old Cathedral
Anglican clerics were known to be visiting St Arnaud as early as 1858, when a congregation worshipped at an unidentified site. This church was built and consecrated on December 29, 1872 by the Right Reverend Charles Perry, the first Bishop of Melbourne. In 1877 the vestry was built in the space and now used as a baptistery and porches, and an organ was purchased. Between 1926 and 1977, the town was the seat of a bishop, so this building became a cathedral.
Its design is Victorian early English Gothic with a steeply pitched roof, clad in slate, with five bayed minor transverse gables at the sides. The pointed windows are leadlighted. The Mogg window and the East Memorial window are significant features of the interior.
– Notes from the Church sign
