Prospect Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic church
Foundation stone 6 Dec 1936 by Archbishop Spence, architects Jory and Pointer, opened 28 Nov 1937. First church school opened 9 Aug 1908 in Gladstone Road, designed by Woods & Bagot, extensions opened 8 Dec 1918.
“The largest Catholic Church in Adelaide with the exception of St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral . . . which has cost approximately £10.000 is built of brick in the Romanesque style and has accommodation for 700. . . . One of the main features is the open timber construction of the roof, which is supplied by heavy framed roof principals of unusual design, the infilling consisting of turned and moulded timbers. The altar is of unusual design. French, Italian and New South Wales marble having been used in its construction. While the altar steps are of Macclesfield marble, as is also the baptismal font.” [Advertiser 12 Nov 1937]
“Externally the front elevation is enhanced by a large rose window, incorporated with a four-light window surrounded by mouldings and carried down to a plinth incorporating the entrance doors.” [Advertiser 17 Oct 1936]
“A new Catholic church school . . . Gladstone-road. The structure is of very simple design, without any pretension as to style. It is constructed of jarrah framing, covered externally with cement 'rough cast’, and lined with matched and beaded boarding. The roof is of ordinary galvanised iron, painted red. . . There is a small sanctuary . . . with platform for the altar two steps above the ordinary floor. . . In front of the building is a porch . . . with doors opening outwards on the west and east faces, and large folding doors giving access to the schoolroom.” Southern Cross 7 Aug 1908]
“a substantial addition to the school-church has recently been erected, greatly increasing the accommodation. It has been built across the rear end of the old building of substantial brick and stone, and is wider than the original structure, which is of wood, with roughcast walls. The new portion of the. building contains the altar, sacristy, and vestry, in addition to increasing considerably the seating accommodation.” [Southern Cross 13 Dec 1918]
Prospect Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic church
Foundation stone 6 Dec 1936 by Archbishop Spence, architects Jory and Pointer, opened 28 Nov 1937. First church school opened 9 Aug 1908 in Gladstone Road, designed by Woods & Bagot, extensions opened 8 Dec 1918.
“The largest Catholic Church in Adelaide with the exception of St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral . . . which has cost approximately £10.000 is built of brick in the Romanesque style and has accommodation for 700. . . . One of the main features is the open timber construction of the roof, which is supplied by heavy framed roof principals of unusual design, the infilling consisting of turned and moulded timbers. The altar is of unusual design. French, Italian and New South Wales marble having been used in its construction. While the altar steps are of Macclesfield marble, as is also the baptismal font.” [Advertiser 12 Nov 1937]
“Externally the front elevation is enhanced by a large rose window, incorporated with a four-light window surrounded by mouldings and carried down to a plinth incorporating the entrance doors.” [Advertiser 17 Oct 1936]
“A new Catholic church school . . . Gladstone-road. The structure is of very simple design, without any pretension as to style. It is constructed of jarrah framing, covered externally with cement 'rough cast’, and lined with matched and beaded boarding. The roof is of ordinary galvanised iron, painted red. . . There is a small sanctuary . . . with platform for the altar two steps above the ordinary floor. . . In front of the building is a porch . . . with doors opening outwards on the west and east faces, and large folding doors giving access to the schoolroom.” Southern Cross 7 Aug 1908]
“a substantial addition to the school-church has recently been erected, greatly increasing the accommodation. It has been built across the rear end of the old building of substantial brick and stone, and is wider than the original structure, which is of wood, with roughcast walls. The new portion of the. building contains the altar, sacristy, and vestry, in addition to increasing considerably the seating accommodation.” [Southern Cross 13 Dec 1918]