St Paul's Anglican Church, Cleveland facts for kids
Quick facts for kids St Paul's Anglican Church, Cleveland |
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St Paul's Anglican Church, Cleveland 2017
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| Location | Cross Street, Cleveland, City of Redland, Queensland, Australia |
| Design period | 1870s–1890s (late 19th century) |
| Built | 1873–1924 |
| Architect | James Furnival |
| Architectural style(s) | Gothic |
| Official name: St Pauls Anglican Church | |
| Type | state heritage (landscape, built) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600769 |
| Significant period | 1870s (historical) |
| Significant components | church, spire, views to, trees/plantings |
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St Paul's Anglican Church is a historic church building located on Cross Street in Cleveland, Australia. It was designed by James Furnival and first built in 1873. Later, in 1924, it was made larger with additions designed by Lange Leopold Powell. This special building is now listed on the Queensland Heritage Register, which means it is protected for its historical importance.
Discovering the History of St Paul's Church
This small brick church was built between 1873 and 1874. It was made for the Anglican church community in Cleveland. The land for the church was given in 1870 by George Thorn, who was from Ipswich. Before the church was built, people held services on the verandahs of the old Court House (built around 1853) and the Grandview Hotel (built around 1852).
St Paul's was the very first Anglican church built in Cleveland. There was another church nearby, St Andrew's Church in Ormiston, built around 1868. However, that church was a private chapel for the Hope family until it became part of the Anglican Church in 1882.
The Cleveland church was designed by Brisbane architect and engineer James T. Furnival. It cost almost £500 to build. The first church service was held in 1874. The church was officially opened and blessed on St Paul's Day, January 25, 1876. The first minister who lived in Cleveland to serve the church was appointed in 1877. The area that the Cleveland church served was officially set in 1878.
Over the years, the church building changed. In 1898, the outside brick walls were covered with a smooth finish. In 1908, the original wooden roof tiles were replaced with asbestos roofing slates. Also in 1908, the old wooden spire was replaced with the one you see today.
In 1924, a new porch was added to the church. This was a special project to celebrate 50 years since the church was built. The porch was designed by Brisbane architect Lange Leopold Powell. Some work was also done to the church's foundations at this time. An old wooden room on the side of the church, called a vestry, was removed in the early 1980s. Other things like a bell tower, a picket fence, and Norfolk Island pine trees have also been removed over time.
In the 1980s, a new church building was constructed right next to the old one. The original 1873–1874 building is now mainly used for activities for young people.
What St Paul's Church Looks Like
St Paul's is a small brick church. Its outside walls are now covered with a rough finish and painted white. When you see it from the road leading to Cleveland Point, it looks like a simple Gothic style building. It has strong supports called buttresses and a heavier, many-sided porch.
An eight-sided spire sits on one end of the steep, pointed roof. The roof is covered with special asbestos cement slates. The spire has a pointed top, covered in smaller slates. Each side of the spire has a tall, narrow window with slats, called a lancet louvered vent.
All the windows in the original church and the front part (called the chancel) are shaped like tall, narrow lancet windows. There are four tall windows on each side of the main part of the church, called the nave. The chancel, which is at the northeast end, has three stained glass windows that let light in. A smaller window is placed above the chancel roof, under the main pointed roof. On the southwest wall, there are windows on either side of the porch, and a smaller one above the porch roof.
The porch is made of concrete with a rough finish. It has more detailed, stepped buttresses, a hardboard ceiling, and a concrete floor. A rectangular window on the porch faces southwest and has two main lancet-shaped glass panes.
You can still see marks on the outside walls where the roof of the old vestry used to be. The wooden door that led from the church to the old vestry has been removed. The opening was filled with bricks and covered with the same rough finish as the rest of the wall.
Inside, the church has wooden beams that support the roof, called trusses. These beams span the nave, which is divided into four sections. The arch leading to the chancel has decorative plaster around it. The walls inside are painted white. More recently, the lower parts of the nave walls have been covered with varnished wooden boards. The ceiling is made of wooden boards with a special beaded pattern.
The stone font, which is a basin used for baptisms, is now painted and stands outside in a paved area. This area has low garden walls and plants that were added when the newer church was built in the 1980s.
Why St Paul's Church is Important
St Paul's Anglican Church in Cleveland was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on October 21, 1992. This means it meets certain important standards:
- It shows how Queensland's history developed.
St Paul's Anglican Church, built in 1873-74, is important because it shows how European people first settled in Cleveland. It also shows how the Anglican Church grew in Queensland after it became a separate colony.
- It shows the main features of its type of building.
The church is a great example of a small, brick church built in the Gothic style during the 1870s.
- It has special beauty.
People in the community value the church for its beautiful look and how nicely it fits into the street.
