St John's Catholic Church - Former
St John's Catholic Church - Former 26-01-2018 - Ray White Keatley - Hamilton - realestate.com.au
St John's Catholic Church - Former 26-01-2018 - Ray White Keatley - Hamilton - realestate.com.au

St John's Catholic Church - Former

Sandford, VIC 3312

Church Information

Church Name: St John's Catholic Church - Former
Church Previous Name: -
Denomination: Catholic Church in Australia
Street Address: 11 Church St, Sandford VIC 3312, Australia
Suburb: Sandford
State: VIC
Postcode: 3312
Foundation Stone Laid: unknown
Foundation Stone Notes: 

No Foundation Stone or Memorial Plaque details are known. Information/photographs are invited.

 The original part of the church dates from 1866, although Catholicism was active in the township well before that time. Prior to the construction of St. John's, irregular services were conducted by itinerant priests from the Casterton parish at the Caledonian Union Hotel. The architect of St. John's is not known, but the building contractor was Jas. McCormack, a local builder. The later east-west transcept was constructed after the Catholic Church sold a portion of their land to the Victorian Railways. The Church retains a high degree of integrity externally. How is it significant? St. John's Catholic Church is of historical, social and architectural significance to Glenelg Shire. Why is it significant? St John's Catholic Church is of historical significance as a representation of the importance of Catholicism within the community, and its growing popularity in the Casterton and Sandford district early after settlement in the 1860s. The church is of social significance to the township of Sandford as the focus for the Catholics who settled in the township in the mid nineteenth century, mostly small selectors of pastoral land in the mid to late nineteenth century. It is of architectural significance for its use of the Gothic Revival style to express religious values. 

Date Opened: 00-00-1867
Date Closed: 00-00-2004
Email: admin@churchesaustralia.org

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This former St John's Catholic Church, Sandford has closed, and the property has been sold (2004?). The church had been part of the Parish of Western Border and the Diocese of Ballarat. The original part of the church building dates from about 1866, and was the first church building erected in the district. Prior to the erection of St John's, irregular services were conducted by itinerent priests from the Casterton parish, at the Caledonian Union Hotel. No other details are known. More historical information/photographs of the former church/congregation are invited. Photographs uploaded 26/1/2018.
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