ST ANDREW’S CHURCH
WALKERVILLE ANGLICAN
PAUL SCOTT
PLAN
St Andrew’s is an old church which has been well cared for, and extended in a sympathetic way. The numbers on the plan roughly correlate with the photographs on this site, and indicate the route we shall take with our exploration.
The arrows in the bottom left corner show the geographical and liturgical directions of the Church. We see that the sanctuary is in a geographical northwesterly direction. On this site we shall use liturgical directions, with the sanctuary assumed to be in an Easterly direction (capital E).
A brief history of this Church is given below. However, if you want to begin your tour of the Church 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
Years Built: 1848 / 1857 / 1886
Address: 43 Church Terrace, Walkerville SA 5081
Walkerville is home to many historic buildings. One such building, which features on Walkerville’s Seal of Office, is St Andrew's Anglican Church.
Construction for the church began in 1847 and was completed the following year. The church was initially without a permanent reverend, the congregation relying on the services of the St Peter's College headmaster, Reverend T. P. Wilson. In 1850 the church’s first resident reverend, Reverend John Watson, arrived.
The original building was only 12 metres long and was subject to much renovation in the second half of the 19th century. In 1857 a sanctuary and transepts were added.
Rev George Dove succeeded Watson in 1882, and would serve the congregation for nearly 50 years.
In 1886 the original building was replaced by a longer nave. A tower was also added, with clock donated by the widow of Henry Kent Hughes, and whose bells can still be heard among the streets of Walkerville to this day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkerville,_South_Australia#Historical_buildings
