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Following heavy morning rain, this view shows Gardiners Creek, surging below the cycle path bridge near Burke Road, Glen Iris, early afternoon Melbourne Cup Day, 6/11/2018.
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"With Delighful and Extensive Views of the Dandenong Ranges and Surrounding Country.
"To Capitalists, Land Syndicates, and Others.
"... formerly the property of J.P. Harcourt, Esq., J.P., containing 164 acres and 22 perches, situated at the corners of High Street and Boundary Roads, Glen Iris, all fenced and divided into paddocks. The buildings consist of two-roomed brick cottage, weatherboard cottage, cow-shed, piggeries, &c...
"Bushey Park is splendidly situated, within three-quarters of a mile from the proposed Glen Iris Station on the Outer Circle Railway, and within two miles of the Oakleigh Station, and, being a corner block, is well adapted for sub-division. £100 per acre has recently been refused for the High Street road, Glen Iris."
For evidence of how well the land was adapted for subdivision, see an 1888 auction advertisement covering some of the same property.
Boundary Road is a former name for Warrigal Road, High Street is High Street Road and this part of Glen Iris is now Ashwood. The property straddles Gardiners Creek and the home of "J. Jordan Esq" ( Summerhill House) - after whom Jordanville is named - is also noted as being near-by. See locale on Google Maps.
Note that the map spells the property as Bushy Park (not Bushey, with the e).
Subjects: Auctions -- Victoria; Real property -- Victoria -- Maps; Ashwood (Vic.) -- Maps
Contributor(s): Batten & Percy (Firm)
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Series / Collection: Batten & Percy Collection
Link to online item: handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/152655
Link to this record: search.slv.vic.gov.au/MAIN:Everything:SLV_VOYAGER813648
Melbourne 1975. Row of Chevrolets in foreground, and a row of Buicks across the lawn. Many of these cars were built in Australia by Holden, usually those with four doors. Privately importing two door cars has been popular for decades.
Built on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads in Glen Iris, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is an elegant Spanish Mission style building which rises proudly from behind a neatly clipped hedge. The building stands proudly on the undulating rise of a hill near the busy intersection of Malvern and Burke Roads with its shops and tram stops and railway station.
The present day Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church building we see was not the original church. The original building was built on land loaned by the Religious of the Sacred Heart in the grounds of the Sacre Coeur convent. Run by the Vincentian Fathers of Malvern, the small congregation began to grow and in 1927 the Glen Iris Roman Catholic parish of Saint Vincent welcomed their first parish priest, Father Patrick Roch Loughnan. It would be he who would provide the name for the parish and so it was in 1928 the Parish of Glen Iris changed its name from Saint Vincent to Saint Roch. Saint Roch was a French 14th Century saint, who is the guardian against pestilence and is also the patron saint of all dog lovers. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church became the first, and to this day remains the only Parish to bear Saint Roch’s name in the whole of Australia.
In 1937, ten years after its initial establishment, the expanding needs of Sacre Coeur meant that the Religious of the Sacred Heart required the land on which the original Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church stood for their own purposes. Therefore the difficult decision was made to relocate the church from the site at Sacre Coeur to a new site on land already acquired by the Roman Catholic Church on Burke Road. The bricks from the site at Sacre Coeur were transported down the road and by 13th February 1930, a Spanish mission style church stood completed on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads.
The choice of a Spanish Mission style church was not made simply because it was a fashionable middle-class 1930s architectural style. It was a deliberate decision. As the Roman Catholic Church was short of funds owing to the Great Depression, which whilst not as severe in Australia as America still had a significant impact, a fundraising appeal to assist in paying the costs of the church's relocation was also started. The plan was not, however, to replicate the original church design, but rather to use as much recycled material as possible from the old church, in the construction of the new church, which was completed in 1938.
Built to the designs of ecclesiastical architect Patrick O'Connor, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is typical of the Spanish Mission style of architecture. It features a stuccoed treatment to its walls, it is stripped back and has very elegant lines with small concentrations of decoration, it has an elongated shape and the belfry that stands as a landmark above the single and double-storey buildings in its immediate vicinity. In addition it has architectural features typical of the Spanish Mission style, including; groups of narrow arched windows, ornamental grillework, decorative parapets on the belfry, a hipped roof and Spanish or Roman style tiles.
The Spanish Mission style was typically a style that emerged in California during the interwar years and spread across the world.
Patrick Joseph O'Connor was born in Melbourne in 1901, to John O'Connor, a stationmaster, and his wife Margaret. One of thirteen children, he was born into a very religious family. He was educated at a Catholic school in Carnegie before joining the Victorian Railways Architects Office as an articled pupil. He studied architecture at night classes conducted at the Working Men's College and after gaining experience in the Railways Department, he set up in practice as an architect in Collins Street in 1926. He took James Thomas Brophy into partnership in 1946, after which the practice was known as O'Connor & Brophy. Patrick specialised in ecclesiastical and brewery industry work, however it was the former that he was most well known and sought out for. He designed many Catholic churches, presbyteries, schools, hospitals and convents in Victoria between 1926 and his death in 1959. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is considered one of his most outstanding architectural works. In addition to Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church he also designed: Saint Mary Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ascot Vale in 1934, Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Brighton in 1938, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sunshine in 1940, Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newport in 1942, Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church at the Flinders Naval Depot in 1948, The Albion Methodist Church in 1951, Saint Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Spotswood in 1953, and he Great Britain Hotel in Flinders Street.
Built on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads in Glen Iris, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is an elegant Spanish Mission style building which rises proudly from behind a neatly clipped hedge. The building stands proudly on the undulating rise of a hill near the busy intersection of Malvern and Burke Roads with its shops and tram stops and railway station.
The present day Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church building we see was not the original church. The original building was built on land loaned by the Religious of the Sacred Heart in the grounds of the Sacre Coeur convent. Run by the Vincentian Fathers of Malvern, the small congregation began to grow and in 1927 the Glen Iris Roman Catholic parish of Saint Vincent welcomed their first parish priest, Father Patrick Roch Loughnan. It would be he who would provide the name for the parish and so it was in 1928 the Parish of Glen Iris changed its name from Saint Vincent to Saint Roch. Saint Roch was a French 14th Century saint, who is the guardian against pestilence and is also the patron saint of all dog lovers. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church became the first, and to this day remains the only Parish to bear Saint Roch’s name in the whole of Australia.
In 1937, ten years after its initial establishment, the expanding needs of Sacre Coeur meant that the Religious of the Sacred Heart required the land on which the original Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church stood for their own purposes. Therefore the difficult decision was made to relocate the church from the site at Sacre Coeur to a new site on land already acquired by the Roman Catholic Church on Burke Road. The bricks from the site at Sacre Coeur were transported down the road and by 13th February 1930, a Spanish mission style church stood completed on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads.
The choice of a Spanish Mission style church was not made simply because it was a fashionable middle-class 1930s architectural style. It was a deliberate decision. As the Roman Catholic Church was short of funds owing to the Great Depression, which whilst not as severe in Australia as America still had a significant impact, a fundraising appeal to assist in paying the costs of the church's relocation was also started. The plan was not, however, to replicate the original church design, but rather to use as much recycled material as possible from the old church, in the construction of the new church, which was completed in 1938.
Built to the designs of ecclesiastical architect Patrick O'Connor, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is typical of the Spanish Mission style of architecture. It features a stuccoed treatment to its walls, it is stripped back and has very elegant lines with small concentrations of decoration, it has an elongated shape and the belfry that stands as a landmark above the single and double-storey buildings in its immediate vicinity. In addition it has architectural features typical of the Spanish Mission style, including; groups of narrow arched windows, ornamental grillework, decorative parapets on the belfry, a hipped roof and Spanish or Roman style tiles.
The Spanish Mission style was typically a style that emerged in California during the interwar years and spread across the world.
Patrick Joseph O'Connor was born in Melbourne in 1901, to John O'Connor, a stationmaster, and his wife Margaret. One of thirteen children, he was born into a very religious family. He was educated at a Catholic school in Carnegie before joining the Victorian Railways Architects Office as an articled pupil. He studied architecture at night classes conducted at the Working Men's College and after gaining experience in the Railways Department, he set up in practice as an architect in Collins Street in 1926. He took James Thomas Brophy into partnership in 1946, after which the practice was known as O'Connor & Brophy. Patrick specialised in ecclesiastical and brewery industry work, however it was the former that he was most well known and sought out for. He designed many Catholic churches, presbyteries, schools, hospitals and convents in Victoria between 1926 and his death in 1959. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is considered one of his most outstanding architectural works. In addition to Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church he also designed: Saint Mary Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ascot Vale in 1934, Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Brighton in 1938, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sunshine in 1940, Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newport in 1942, Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church at the Flinders Naval Depot in 1948, The Albion Methodist Church in 1951, Saint Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Spotswood in 1953, and he Great Britain Hotel in Flinders Street.
Built on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads in Glen Iris, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is an elegant Spanish Mission style building which rises proudly from behind a neatly clipped hedge. The building stands proudly on the undulating rise of a hill near the busy intersection of Malvern and Burke Roads with its shops and tram stops and railway station.
The present day Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church building we see was not the original church. The original building was built on land loaned by the Religious of the Sacred Heart in the grounds of the Sacre Coeur convent. Run by the Vincentian Fathers of Malvern, the small congregation began to grow and in 1927 the Glen Iris Roman Catholic parish of Saint Vincent welcomed their first parish priest, Father Patrick Roch Loughnan. It would be he who would provide the name for the parish and so it was in 1928 the Parish of Glen Iris changed its name from Saint Vincent to Saint Roch. Saint Roch was a French 14th Century saint, who is the guardian against pestilence and is also the patron saint of all dog lovers. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church became the first, and to this day remains the only Parish to bear Saint Roch’s name in the whole of Australia.
In 1937, ten years after its initial establishment, the expanding needs of Sacre Coeur meant that the Religious of the Sacred Heart required the land on which the original Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church stood for their own purposes. Therefore the difficult decision was made to relocate the church from the site at Sacre Coeur to a new site on land already acquired by the Roman Catholic Church on Burke Road. The bricks from the site at Sacre Coeur were transported down the road and by 13th February 1930, a Spanish mission style church stood completed on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads.
The choice of a Spanish Mission style church was not made simply because it was a fashionable middle-class 1930s architectural style. It was a deliberate decision. As the Roman Catholic Church was short of funds owing to the Great Depression, which whilst not as severe in Australia as America still had a significant impact, a fundraising appeal to assist in paying the costs of the church's relocation was also started. The plan was not, however, to replicate the original church design, but rather to use as much recycled material as possible from the old church, in the construction of the new church, which was completed in 1938.
Built to the designs of ecclesiastical architect Patrick O'Connor, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is typical of the Spanish Mission style of architecture. It features a stuccoed treatment to its walls, it is stripped back and has very elegant lines with small concentrations of decoration, it has an elongated shape and the belfry that stands as a landmark above the single and double-storey buildings in its immediate vicinity. In addition it has architectural features typical of the Spanish Mission style, including; groups of narrow arched windows, ornamental grillework, decorative parapets on the belfry, a hipped roof and Spanish or Roman style tiles.
The Spanish Mission style was typically a style that emerged in California during the interwar years and spread across the world.
Patrick Joseph O'Connor was born in Melbourne in 1901, to John O'Connor, a stationmaster, and his wife Margaret. One of thirteen children, he was born into a very religious family. He was educated at a Catholic school in Carnegie before joining the Victorian Railways Architects Office as an articled pupil. He studied architecture at night classes conducted at the Working Men's College and after gaining experience in the Railways Department, he set up in practice as an architect in Collins Street in 1926. He took James Thomas Brophy into partnership in 1946, after which the practice was known as O'Connor & Brophy. Patrick specialised in ecclesiastical and brewery industry work, however it was the former that he was most well known and sought out for. He designed many Catholic churches, presbyteries, schools, hospitals and convents in Victoria between 1926 and his death in 1959. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is considered one of his most outstanding architectural works. In addition to Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church he also designed: Saint Mary Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ascot Vale in 1934, Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Brighton in 1938, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sunshine in 1940, Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newport in 1942, Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church at the Flinders Naval Depot in 1948, The Albion Methodist Church in 1951, Saint Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Spotswood in 1953, and he Great Britain Hotel in Flinders Street.
Built on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads in Glen Iris, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is an elegant Spanish Mission style building which rises proudly from behind a neatly clipped hedge. The building stands proudly on the undulating rise of a hill near the busy intersection of Malvern and Burke Roads with its shops and tram stops and railway station.
The present day Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church building we see was not the original church. The original building was built on land loaned by the Religious of the Sacred Heart in the grounds of the Sacre Coeur convent. Run by the Vincentian Fathers of Malvern, the small congregation began to grow and in 1927 the Glen Iris Roman Catholic parish of Saint Vincent welcomed their first parish priest, Father Patrick Roch Loughnan. It would be he who would provide the name for the parish and so it was in 1928 the Parish of Glen Iris changed its name from Saint Vincent to Saint Roch. Saint Roch was a French 14th Century saint, who is the guardian against pestilence and is also the patron saint of all dog lovers. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church became the first, and to this day remains the only Parish to bear Saint Roch’s name in the whole of Australia.
In 1937, ten years after its initial establishment, the expanding needs of Sacre Coeur meant that the Religious of the Sacred Heart required the land on which the original Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church stood for their own purposes. Therefore the difficult decision was made to relocate the church from the site at Sacre Coeur to a new site on land already acquired by the Roman Catholic Church on Burke Road. The bricks from the site at Sacre Coeur were transported down the road and by 13th February 1930, a Spanish mission style church stood completed on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads.
The choice of a Spanish Mission style church was not made simply because it was a fashionable middle-class 1930s architectural style. It was a deliberate decision. As the Roman Catholic Church was short of funds owing to the Great Depression, which whilst not as severe in Australia as America still had a significant impact, a fundraising appeal to assist in paying the costs of the church's relocation was also started. The plan was not, however, to replicate the original church design, but rather to use as much recycled material as possible from the old church, in the construction of the new church, which was completed in 1938.
Built to the designs of ecclesiastical architect Patrick O'Connor, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is typical of the Spanish Mission style of architecture. It features a stuccoed treatment to its walls, it is stripped back and has very elegant lines with small concentrations of decoration, it has an elongated shape and the belfry that stands as a landmark above the single and double-storey buildings in its immediate vicinity. In addition it has architectural features typical of the Spanish Mission style, including; groups of narrow arched windows, ornamental grillework, decorative parapets on the belfry, a hipped roof and Spanish or Roman style tiles.
The Spanish Mission style was typically a style that emerged in California during the interwar years and spread across the world.
Patrick Joseph O'Connor was born in Melbourne in 1901, to John O'Connor, a stationmaster, and his wife Margaret. One of thirteen children, he was born into a very religious family. He was educated at a Catholic school in Carnegie before joining the Victorian Railways Architects Office as an articled pupil. He studied architecture at night classes conducted at the Working Men's College and after gaining experience in the Railways Department, he set up in practice as an architect in Collins Street in 1926. He took James Thomas Brophy into partnership in 1946, after which the practice was known as O'Connor & Brophy. Patrick specialised in ecclesiastical and brewery industry work, however it was the former that he was most well known and sought out for. He designed many Catholic churches, presbyteries, schools, hospitals and convents in Victoria between 1926 and his death in 1959. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is considered one of his most outstanding architectural works. In addition to Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church he also designed: Saint Mary Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ascot Vale in 1934, Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Brighton in 1938, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sunshine in 1940, Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newport in 1942, Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church at the Flinders Naval Depot in 1948, The Albion Methodist Church in 1951, Saint Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Spotswood in 1953, and he Great Britain Hotel in Flinders Street.
1975 photo. Chevrolet with Holden coupe body known as "Sloper". GM Day at Glen Iris Park in Melbourne
Built on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads in Glen Iris, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is an elegant Spanish Mission style building which rises proudly from behind a neatly clipped hedge. The building stands proudly on the undulating rise of a hill near the busy intersection of Malvern and Burke Roads with its shops and tram stops and railway station.
The present day Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church building we see was not the original church. The original building was built on land loaned by the Religious of the Sacred Heart in the grounds of the Sacre Coeur convent. Run by the Vincentian Fathers of Malvern, the small congregation began to grow and in 1927 the Glen Iris Roman Catholic parish of Saint Vincent welcomed their first parish priest, Father Patrick Roch Loughnan. It would be he who would provide the name for the parish and so it was in 1928 the Parish of Glen Iris changed its name from Saint Vincent to Saint Roch. Saint Roch was a French 14th Century saint, who is the guardian against pestilence and is also the patron saint of all dog lovers. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church became the first, and to this day remains the only Parish to bear Saint Roch’s name in the whole of Australia.
In 1937, ten years after its initial establishment, the expanding needs of Sacre Coeur meant that the Religious of the Sacred Heart required the land on which the original Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church stood for their own purposes. Therefore the difficult decision was made to relocate the church from the site at Sacre Coeur to a new site on land already acquired by the Roman Catholic Church on Burke Road. The bricks from the site at Sacre Coeur were transported down the road and by 13th February 1930, a Spanish mission style church stood completed on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads.
The choice of a Spanish Mission style church was not made simply because it was a fashionable middle-class 1930s architectural style. It was a deliberate decision. As the Roman Catholic Church was short of funds owing to the Great Depression, which whilst not as severe in Australia as America still had a significant impact, a fundraising appeal to assist in paying the costs of the church's relocation was also started. The plan was not, however, to replicate the original church design, but rather to use as much recycled material as possible from the old church, in the construction of the new church, which was completed in 1938.
Built to the designs of ecclesiastical architect Patrick O'Connor, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is typical of the Spanish Mission style of architecture. It features a stuccoed treatment to its walls, it is stripped back and has very elegant lines with small concentrations of decoration, it has an elongated shape and the belfry that stands as a landmark above the single and double-storey buildings in its immediate vicinity. In addition it has architectural features typical of the Spanish Mission style, including; groups of narrow arched windows, ornamental grillework, decorative parapets on the belfry, a hipped roof and Spanish or Roman style tiles.
The Spanish Mission style was typically a style that emerged in California during the interwar years and spread across the world.
Patrick Joseph O'Connor was born in Melbourne in 1901, to John O'Connor, a stationmaster, and his wife Margaret. One of thirteen children, he was born into a very religious family. He was educated at a Catholic school in Carnegie before joining the Victorian Railways Architects Office as an articled pupil. He studied architecture at night classes conducted at the Working Men's College and after gaining experience in the Railways Department, he set up in practice as an architect in Collins Street in 1926. He took James Thomas Brophy into partnership in 1946, after which the practice was known as O'Connor & Brophy. Patrick specialised in ecclesiastical and brewery industry work, however it was the former that he was most well known and sought out for. He designed many Catholic churches, presbyteries, schools, hospitals and convents in Victoria between 1926 and his death in 1959. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is considered one of his most outstanding architectural works. In addition to Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church he also designed: Saint Mary Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ascot Vale in 1934, Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Brighton in 1938, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sunshine in 1940, Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newport in 1942, Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church at the Flinders Naval Depot in 1948, The Albion Methodist Church in 1951, Saint Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Spotswood in 1953, and he Great Britain Hotel in Flinders Street.
Built on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads in Glen Iris, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is an elegant Spanish Mission style building which rises proudly from behind a neatly clipped hedge. The building stands proudly on the undulating rise of a hill near the busy intersection of Malvern and Burke Roads with its shops and tram stops and railway station.
The present day Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church building we see was not the original church. The original building was built on land loaned by the Religious of the Sacred Heart in the grounds of the Sacre Coeur convent. Run by the Vincentian Fathers of Malvern, the small congregation began to grow and in 1927 the Glen Iris Roman Catholic parish of Saint Vincent welcomed their first parish priest, Father Patrick Roch Loughnan. It would be he who would provide the name for the parish and so it was in 1928 the Parish of Glen Iris changed its name from Saint Vincent to Saint Roch. Saint Roch was a French 14th Century saint, who is the guardian against pestilence and is also the patron saint of all dog lovers. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church became the first, and to this day remains the only Parish to bear Saint Roch’s name in the whole of Australia.
In 1937, ten years after its initial establishment, the expanding needs of Sacre Coeur meant that the Religious of the Sacred Heart required the land on which the original Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church stood for their own purposes. Therefore the difficult decision was made to relocate the church from the site at Sacre Coeur to a new site on land already acquired by the Roman Catholic Church on Burke Road. The bricks from the site at Sacre Coeur were transported down the road and by 13th February 1930, a Spanish mission style church stood completed on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads.
The choice of a Spanish Mission style church was not made simply because it was a fashionable middle-class 1930s architectural style. It was a deliberate decision. As the Roman Catholic Church was short of funds owing to the Great Depression, which whilst not as severe in Australia as America still had a significant impact, a fundraising appeal to assist in paying the costs of the church's relocation was also started. The plan was not, however, to replicate the original church design, but rather to use as much recycled material as possible from the old church, in the construction of the new church, which was completed in 1938.
Built to the designs of ecclesiastical architect Patrick O'Connor, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is typical of the Spanish Mission style of architecture. It features a stuccoed treatment to its walls, it is stripped back and has very elegant lines with small concentrations of decoration, it has an elongated shape and the belfry that stands as a landmark above the single and double-storey buildings in its immediate vicinity. In addition it has architectural features typical of the Spanish Mission style, including; groups of narrow arched windows, ornamental grillework, decorative parapets on the belfry, a hipped roof and Spanish or Roman style tiles.
The Spanish Mission style was typically a style that emerged in California during the interwar years and spread across the world.
Patrick Joseph O'Connor was born in Melbourne in 1901, to John O'Connor, a stationmaster, and his wife Margaret. One of thirteen children, he was born into a very religious family. He was educated at a Catholic school in Carnegie before joining the Victorian Railways Architects Office as an articled pupil. He studied architecture at night classes conducted at the Working Men's College and after gaining experience in the Railways Department, he set up in practice as an architect in Collins Street in 1926. He took James Thomas Brophy into partnership in 1946, after which the practice was known as O'Connor & Brophy. Patrick specialised in ecclesiastical and brewery industry work, however it was the former that he was most well known and sought out for. He designed many Catholic churches, presbyteries, schools, hospitals and convents in Victoria between 1926 and his death in 1959. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is considered one of his most outstanding architectural works. In addition to Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church he also designed: Saint Mary Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ascot Vale in 1934, Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Brighton in 1938, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sunshine in 1940, Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newport in 1942, Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church at the Flinders Naval Depot in 1948, The Albion Methodist Church in 1951, Saint Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Spotswood in 1953, and he Great Britain Hotel in Flinders Street.
Glen Iris Park (location corrected), Melbourne Australia 1975. A nice lineup of Australian built Chevrolets. The parts not made in Australia were sourced from Canada. Bodies built by Holden and mechanicals imported.
Built on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads in Glen Iris, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is an elegant Spanish Mission style building which rises proudly from behind a neatly clipped hedge. The building stands proudly on the undulating rise of a hill near the busy intersection of Malvern and Burke Roads with its shops and tram stops and railway station.
The present day Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church building we see was not the original church. The original building was built on land loaned by the Religious of the Sacred Heart in the grounds of the Sacre Coeur convent. Run by the Vincentian Fathers of Malvern, the small congregation began to grow and in 1927 the Glen Iris Roman Catholic parish of Saint Vincent welcomed their first parish priest, Father Patrick Roch Loughnan. It would be he who would provide the name for the parish and so it was in 1928 the Parish of Glen Iris changed its name from Saint Vincent to Saint Roch. Saint Roch was a French 14th Century saint, who is the guardian against pestilence and is also the patron saint of all dog lovers. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church became the first, and to this day remains the only Parish to bear Saint Roch’s name in the whole of Australia.
In 1937, ten years after its initial establishment, the expanding needs of Sacre Coeur meant that the Religious of the Sacred Heart required the land on which the original Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church stood for their own purposes. Therefore the difficult decision was made to relocate the church from the site at Sacre Coeur to a new site on land already acquired by the Roman Catholic Church on Burke Road. The bricks from the site at Sacre Coeur were transported down the road and by 13th February 1930, a Spanish mission style church stood completed on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads.
The choice of a Spanish Mission style church was not made simply because it was a fashionable middle-class 1930s architectural style. It was a deliberate decision. As the Roman Catholic Church was short of funds owing to the Great Depression, which whilst not as severe in Australia as America still had a significant impact, a fundraising appeal to assist in paying the costs of the church's relocation was also started. The plan was not, however, to replicate the original church design, but rather to use as much recycled material as possible from the old church, in the construction of the new church, which was completed in 1938.
Built to the designs of ecclesiastical architect Patrick O'Connor, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is typical of the Spanish Mission style of architecture. It features a stuccoed treatment to its walls, it is stripped back and has very elegant lines with small concentrations of decoration, it has an elongated shape and the belfry that stands as a landmark above the single and double-storey buildings in its immediate vicinity. In addition it has architectural features typical of the Spanish Mission style, including; groups of narrow arched windows, ornamental grillework, decorative parapets on the belfry, a hipped roof and Spanish or Roman style tiles.
The Spanish Mission style was typically a style that emerged in California during the interwar years and spread across the world.
Patrick Joseph O'Connor was born in Melbourne in 1901, to John O'Connor, a stationmaster, and his wife Margaret. One of thirteen children, he was born into a very religious family. He was educated at a Catholic school in Carnegie before joining the Victorian Railways Architects Office as an articled pupil. He studied architecture at night classes conducted at the Working Men's College and after gaining experience in the Railways Department, he set up in practice as an architect in Collins Street in 1926. He took James Thomas Brophy into partnership in 1946, after which the practice was known as O'Connor & Brophy. Patrick specialised in ecclesiastical and brewery industry work, however it was the former that he was most well known and sought out for. He designed many Catholic churches, presbyteries, schools, hospitals and convents in Victoria between 1926 and his death in 1959. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is considered one of his most outstanding architectural works. In addition to Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church he also designed: Saint Mary Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ascot Vale in 1934, Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Brighton in 1938, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sunshine in 1940, Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newport in 1942, Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church at the Flinders Naval Depot in 1948, The Albion Methodist Church in 1951, Saint Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Spotswood in 1953, and he Great Britain Hotel in Flinders Street.
Built on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads in Glen Iris, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is an elegant Spanish Mission style building which rises proudly from behind a neatly clipped hedge. The building stands proudly on the undulating rise of a hill near the busy intersection of Malvern and Burke Roads with its shops and tram stops and railway station.
The present day Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church building we see was not the original church. The original building was built on land loaned by the Religious of the Sacred Heart in the grounds of the Sacre Coeur convent. Run by the Vincentian Fathers of Malvern, the small congregation began to grow and in 1927 the Glen Iris Roman Catholic parish of Saint Vincent welcomed their first parish priest, Father Patrick Roch Loughnan. It would be he who would provide the name for the parish and so it was in 1928 the Parish of Glen Iris changed its name from Saint Vincent to Saint Roch. Saint Roch was a French 14th Century saint, who is the guardian against pestilence and is also the patron saint of all dog lovers. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church became the first, and to this day remains the only Parish to bear Saint Roch’s name in the whole of Australia.
In 1937, ten years after its initial establishment, the expanding needs of Sacre Coeur meant that the Religious of the Sacred Heart required the land on which the original Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church stood for their own purposes. Therefore the difficult decision was made to relocate the church from the site at Sacre Coeur to a new site on land already acquired by the Roman Catholic Church on Burke Road. The bricks from the site at Sacre Coeur were transported down the road and by 13th February 1930, a Spanish mission style church stood completed on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads.
The choice of a Spanish Mission style church was not made simply because it was a fashionable middle-class 1930s architectural style. It was a deliberate decision. As the Roman Catholic Church was short of funds owing to the Great Depression, which whilst not as severe in Australia as America still had a significant impact, a fundraising appeal to assist in paying the costs of the church's relocation was also started. The plan was not, however, to replicate the original church design, but rather to use as much recycled material as possible from the old church, in the construction of the new church, which was completed in 1938.
Built to the designs of ecclesiastical architect Patrick O'Connor, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is typical of the Spanish Mission style of architecture. It features a stuccoed treatment to its walls, it is stripped back and has very elegant lines with small concentrations of decoration, it has an elongated shape and the belfry that stands as a landmark above the single and double-storey buildings in its immediate vicinity. In addition it has architectural features typical of the Spanish Mission style, including; groups of narrow arched windows, ornamental grillework, decorative parapets on the belfry, a hipped roof and Spanish or Roman style tiles.
The Spanish Mission style was typically a style that emerged in California during the interwar years and spread across the world.
Patrick Joseph O'Connor was born in Melbourne in 1901, to John O'Connor, a stationmaster, and his wife Margaret. One of thirteen children, he was born into a very religious family. He was educated at a Catholic school in Carnegie before joining the Victorian Railways Architects Office as an articled pupil. He studied architecture at night classes conducted at the Working Men's College and after gaining experience in the Railways Department, he set up in practice as an architect in Collins Street in 1926. He took James Thomas Brophy into partnership in 1946, after which the practice was known as O'Connor & Brophy. Patrick specialised in ecclesiastical and brewery industry work, however it was the former that he was most well known and sought out for. He designed many Catholic churches, presbyteries, schools, hospitals and convents in Victoria between 1926 and his death in 1959. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is considered one of his most outstanding architectural works. In addition to Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church he also designed: Saint Mary Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ascot Vale in 1934, Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Brighton in 1938, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sunshine in 1940, Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newport in 1942, Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church at the Flinders Naval Depot in 1948, The Albion Methodist Church in 1951, Saint Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Spotswood in 1953, and he Great Britain Hotel in Flinders Street.
Built on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads in Glen Iris, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is an elegant Spanish Mission style building which rises proudly from behind a neatly clipped hedge. The building stands proudly on the undulating rise of a hill near the busy intersection of Malvern and Burke Roads with its shops and tram stops and railway station.
The present day Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church building we see was not the original church. The original building was built on land loaned by the Religious of the Sacred Heart in the grounds of the Sacre Coeur convent. Run by the Vincentian Fathers of Malvern, the small congregation began to grow and in 1927 the Glen Iris Roman Catholic parish of Saint Vincent welcomed their first parish priest, Father Patrick Roch Loughnan. It would be he who would provide the name for the parish and so it was in 1928 the Parish of Glen Iris changed its name from Saint Vincent to Saint Roch. Saint Roch was a French 14th Century saint, who is the guardian against pestilence and is also the patron saint of all dog lovers. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church became the first, and to this day remains the only Parish to bear Saint Roch’s name in the whole of Australia.
In 1937, ten years after its initial establishment, the expanding needs of Sacre Coeur meant that the Religious of the Sacred Heart required the land on which the original Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church stood for their own purposes. Therefore the difficult decision was made to relocate the church from the site at Sacre Coeur to a new site on land already acquired by the Roman Catholic Church on Burke Road. The bricks from the site at Sacre Coeur were transported down the road and by 13th February 1930, a Spanish mission style church stood completed on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads.
The choice of a Spanish Mission style church was not made simply because it was a fashionable middle-class 1930s architectural style. It was a deliberate decision. As the Roman Catholic Church was short of funds owing to the Great Depression, which whilst not as severe in Australia as America still had a significant impact, a fundraising appeal to assist in paying the costs of the church's relocation was also started. The plan was not, however, to replicate the original church design, but rather to use as much recycled material as possible from the old church, in the construction of the new church, which was completed in 1938.
Built to the designs of ecclesiastical architect Patrick O'Connor, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is typical of the Spanish Mission style of architecture. It features a stuccoed treatment to its walls, it is stripped back and has very elegant lines with small concentrations of decoration, it has an elongated shape and the belfry that stands as a landmark above the single and double-storey buildings in its immediate vicinity. In addition it has architectural features typical of the Spanish Mission style, including; groups of narrow arched windows, ornamental grillework, decorative parapets on the belfry, a hipped roof and Spanish or Roman style tiles.
The Spanish Mission style was typically a style that emerged in California during the interwar years and spread across the world.
Patrick Joseph O'Connor was born in Melbourne in 1901, to John O'Connor, a stationmaster, and his wife Margaret. One of thirteen children, he was born into a very religious family. He was educated at a Catholic school in Carnegie before joining the Victorian Railways Architects Office as an articled pupil. He studied architecture at night classes conducted at the Working Men's College and after gaining experience in the Railways Department, he set up in practice as an architect in Collins Street in 1926. He took James Thomas Brophy into partnership in 1946, after which the practice was known as O'Connor & Brophy. Patrick specialised in ecclesiastical and brewery industry work, however it was the former that he was most well known and sought out for. He designed many Catholic churches, presbyteries, schools, hospitals and convents in Victoria between 1926 and his death in 1959. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is considered one of his most outstanding architectural works. In addition to Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church he also designed: Saint Mary Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ascot Vale in 1934, Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Brighton in 1938, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sunshine in 1940, Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newport in 1942, Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church at the Flinders Naval Depot in 1948, The Albion Methodist Church in 1951, Saint Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Spotswood in 1953, and he Great Britain Hotel in Flinders Street.
Taking a good look at the camera guy from the safety of the partially enclosed building to the west of the west-most lagoon at Glen Iris wetlands / park.
Built on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads in Glen Iris, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is an elegant Spanish Mission style building which rises proudly from behind a neatly clipped hedge. The building stands proudly on the undulating rise of a hill near the busy intersection of Malvern and Burke Roads with its shops and tram stops and railway station.
The present day Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church building we see was not the original church. The original building was built on land loaned by the Religious of the Sacred Heart in the grounds of the Sacre Coeur convent. Run by the Vincentian Fathers of Malvern, the small congregation began to grow and in 1927 the Glen Iris Roman Catholic parish of Saint Vincent welcomed their first parish priest, Father Patrick Roch Loughnan. It would be he who would provide the name for the parish and so it was in 1928 the Parish of Glen Iris changed its name from Saint Vincent to Saint Roch. Saint Roch was a French 14th Century saint, who is the guardian against pestilence and is also the patron saint of all dog lovers. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church became the first, and to this day remains the only Parish to bear Saint Roch’s name in the whole of Australia.
In 1937, ten years after its initial establishment, the expanding needs of Sacre Coeur meant that the Religious of the Sacred Heart required the land on which the original Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church stood for their own purposes. Therefore the difficult decision was made to relocate the church from the site at Sacre Coeur to a new site on land already acquired by the Roman Catholic Church on Burke Road. The bricks from the site at Sacre Coeur were transported down the road and by 13th February 1930, a Spanish mission style church stood completed on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads.
The choice of a Spanish Mission style church was not made simply because it was a fashionable middle-class 1930s architectural style. It was a deliberate decision. As the Roman Catholic Church was short of funds owing to the Great Depression, which whilst not as severe in Australia as America still had a significant impact, a fundraising appeal to assist in paying the costs of the church's relocation was also started. The plan was not, however, to replicate the original church design, but rather to use as much recycled material as possible from the old church, in the construction of the new church, which was completed in 1938.
Built to the designs of ecclesiastical architect Patrick O'Connor, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is typical of the Spanish Mission style of architecture. It features a stuccoed treatment to its walls, it is stripped back and has very elegant lines with small concentrations of decoration, it has an elongated shape and the belfry that stands as a landmark above the single and double-storey buildings in its immediate vicinity. In addition it has architectural features typical of the Spanish Mission style, including; groups of narrow arched windows, ornamental grillework, decorative parapets on the belfry, a hipped roof and Spanish or Roman style tiles.
The Spanish Mission style was typically a style that emerged in California during the interwar years and spread across the world.
Patrick Joseph O'Connor was born in Melbourne in 1901, to John O'Connor, a stationmaster, and his wife Margaret. One of thirteen children, he was born into a very religious family. He was educated at a Catholic school in Carnegie before joining the Victorian Railways Architects Office as an articled pupil. He studied architecture at night classes conducted at the Working Men's College and after gaining experience in the Railways Department, he set up in practice as an architect in Collins Street in 1926. He took James Thomas Brophy into partnership in 1946, after which the practice was known as O'Connor & Brophy. Patrick specialised in ecclesiastical and brewery industry work, however it was the former that he was most well known and sought out for. He designed many Catholic churches, presbyteries, schools, hospitals and convents in Victoria between 1926 and his death in 1959. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is considered one of his most outstanding architectural works. In addition to Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church he also designed: Saint Mary Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ascot Vale in 1934, Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Brighton in 1938, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sunshine in 1940, Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newport in 1942, Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church at the Flinders Naval Depot in 1948, The Albion Methodist Church in 1951, Saint Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Spotswood in 1953, and he Great Britain Hotel in Flinders Street.
Built on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads in Glen Iris, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is an elegant Spanish Mission style building which rises proudly from behind a neatly clipped hedge. The building stands proudly on the undulating rise of a hill near the busy intersection of Malvern and Burke Roads with its shops and tram stops and railway station.
The present day Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church building we see was not the original church. The original building was built on land loaned by the Religious of the Sacred Heart in the grounds of the Sacre Coeur convent. Run by the Vincentian Fathers of Malvern, the small congregation began to grow and in 1927 the Glen Iris Roman Catholic parish of Saint Vincent welcomed their first parish priest, Father Patrick Roch Loughnan. It would be he who would provide the name for the parish and so it was in 1928 the Parish of Glen Iris changed its name from Saint Vincent to Saint Roch. Saint Roch was a French 14th Century saint, who is the guardian against pestilence and is also the patron saint of all dog lovers. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church became the first, and to this day remains the only Parish to bear Saint Roch’s name in the whole of Australia.
In 1937, ten years after its initial establishment, the expanding needs of Sacre Coeur meant that the Religious of the Sacred Heart required the land on which the original Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church stood for their own purposes. Therefore the difficult decision was made to relocate the church from the site at Sacre Coeur to a new site on land already acquired by the Roman Catholic Church on Burke Road. The bricks from the site at Sacre Coeur were transported down the road and by 13th February 1930, a Spanish mission style church stood completed on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads.
The choice of a Spanish Mission style church was not made simply because it was a fashionable middle-class 1930s architectural style. It was a deliberate decision. As the Roman Catholic Church was short of funds owing to the Great Depression, which whilst not as severe in Australia as America still had a significant impact, a fundraising appeal to assist in paying the costs of the church's relocation was also started. The plan was not, however, to replicate the original church design, but rather to use as much recycled material as possible from the old church, in the construction of the new church, which was completed in 1938.
Built to the designs of ecclesiastical architect Patrick O'Connor, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is typical of the Spanish Mission style of architecture. It features a stuccoed treatment to its walls, it is stripped back and has very elegant lines with small concentrations of decoration, it has an elongated shape and the belfry that stands as a landmark above the single and double-storey buildings in its immediate vicinity. In addition it has architectural features typical of the Spanish Mission style, including; groups of narrow arched windows, ornamental grillework, decorative parapets on the belfry, a hipped roof and Spanish or Roman style tiles.
The Spanish Mission style was typically a style that emerged in California during the interwar years and spread across the world.
Patrick Joseph O'Connor was born in Melbourne in 1901, to John O'Connor, a stationmaster, and his wife Margaret. One of thirteen children, he was born into a very religious family. He was educated at a Catholic school in Carnegie before joining the Victorian Railways Architects Office as an articled pupil. He studied architecture at night classes conducted at the Working Men's College and after gaining experience in the Railways Department, he set up in practice as an architect in Collins Street in 1926. He took James Thomas Brophy into partnership in 1946, after which the practice was known as O'Connor & Brophy. Patrick specialised in ecclesiastical and brewery industry work, however it was the former that he was most well known and sought out for. He designed many Catholic churches, presbyteries, schools, hospitals and convents in Victoria between 1926 and his death in 1959. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is considered one of his most outstanding architectural works. In addition to Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church he also designed: Saint Mary Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ascot Vale in 1934, Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Brighton in 1938, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sunshine in 1940, Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newport in 1942, Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church at the Flinders Naval Depot in 1948, The Albion Methodist Church in 1951, Saint Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Spotswood in 1953, and he Great Britain Hotel in Flinders Street.
Built on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads in Glen Iris, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is an elegant Spanish Mission style building which rises proudly from behind a neatly clipped hedge. The building stands proudly on the undulating rise of a hill near the busy intersection of Malvern and Burke Roads with its shops and tram stops and railway station.
The present day Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church building we see was not the original church. The original building was built on land loaned by the Religious of the Sacred Heart in the grounds of the Sacre Coeur convent. Run by the Vincentian Fathers of Malvern, the small congregation began to grow and in 1927 the Glen Iris Roman Catholic parish of Saint Vincent welcomed their first parish priest, Father Patrick Roch Loughnan. It would be he who would provide the name for the parish and so it was in 1928 the Parish of Glen Iris changed its name from Saint Vincent to Saint Roch. Saint Roch was a French 14th Century saint, who is the guardian against pestilence and is also the patron saint of all dog lovers. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church became the first, and to this day remains the only Parish to bear Saint Roch’s name in the whole of Australia.
In 1937, ten years after its initial establishment, the expanding needs of Sacre Coeur meant that the Religious of the Sacred Heart required the land on which the original Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church stood for their own purposes. Therefore the difficult decision was made to relocate the church from the site at Sacre Coeur to a new site on land already acquired by the Roman Catholic Church on Burke Road. The bricks from the site at Sacre Coeur were transported down the road and by 13th February 1930, a Spanish mission style church stood completed on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads.
The choice of a Spanish Mission style church was not made simply because it was a fashionable middle-class 1930s architectural style. It was a deliberate decision. As the Roman Catholic Church was short of funds owing to the Great Depression, which whilst not as severe in Australia as America still had a significant impact, a fundraising appeal to assist in paying the costs of the church's relocation was also started. The plan was not, however, to replicate the original church design, but rather to use as much recycled material as possible from the old church, in the construction of the new church, which was completed in 1938.
Built to the designs of ecclesiastical architect Patrick O'Connor, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is typical of the Spanish Mission style of architecture. It features a stuccoed treatment to its walls, it is stripped back and has very elegant lines with small concentrations of decoration, it has an elongated shape and the belfry that stands as a landmark above the single and double-storey buildings in its immediate vicinity. In addition it has architectural features typical of the Spanish Mission style, including; groups of narrow arched windows, ornamental grillework, decorative parapets on the belfry, a hipped roof and Spanish or Roman style tiles.
The Spanish Mission style was typically a style that emerged in California during the interwar years and spread across the world.
Patrick Joseph O'Connor was born in Melbourne in 1901, to John O'Connor, a stationmaster, and his wife Margaret. One of thirteen children, he was born into a very religious family. He was educated at a Catholic school in Carnegie before joining the Victorian Railways Architects Office as an articled pupil. He studied architecture at night classes conducted at the Working Men's College and after gaining experience in the Railways Department, he set up in practice as an architect in Collins Street in 1926. He took James Thomas Brophy into partnership in 1946, after which the practice was known as O'Connor & Brophy. Patrick specialised in ecclesiastical and brewery industry work, however it was the former that he was most well known and sought out for. He designed many Catholic churches, presbyteries, schools, hospitals and convents in Victoria between 1926 and his death in 1959. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is considered one of his most outstanding architectural works. In addition to Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church he also designed: Saint Mary Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ascot Vale in 1934, Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Brighton in 1938, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sunshine in 1940, Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newport in 1942, Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church at the Flinders Naval Depot in 1948, The Albion Methodist Church in 1951, Saint Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Spotswood in 1953, and he Great Britain Hotel in Flinders Street.
Built on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads in Glen Iris, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is an elegant Spanish Mission style building which rises proudly from behind a neatly clipped hedge. The building stands proudly on the undulating rise of a hill near the busy intersection of Malvern and Burke Roads with its shops and tram stops and railway station.
The present day Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church building we see was not the original church. The original building was built on land loaned by the Religious of the Sacred Heart in the grounds of the Sacre Coeur convent. Run by the Vincentian Fathers of Malvern, the small congregation began to grow and in 1927 the Glen Iris Roman Catholic parish of Saint Vincent welcomed their first parish priest, Father Patrick Roch Loughnan. It would be he who would provide the name for the parish and so it was in 1928 the Parish of Glen Iris changed its name from Saint Vincent to Saint Roch. Saint Roch was a French 14th Century saint, who is the guardian against pestilence and is also the patron saint of all dog lovers. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church became the first, and to this day remains the only Parish to bear Saint Roch’s name in the whole of Australia.
In 1937, ten years after its initial establishment, the expanding needs of Sacre Coeur meant that the Religious of the Sacred Heart required the land on which the original Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church stood for their own purposes. Therefore the difficult decision was made to relocate the church from the site at Sacre Coeur to a new site on land already acquired by the Roman Catholic Church on Burke Road. The bricks from the site at Sacre Coeur were transported down the road and by 13th February 1930, a Spanish mission style church stood completed on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads.
The choice of a Spanish Mission style church was not made simply because it was a fashionable middle-class 1930s architectural style. It was a deliberate decision. As the Roman Catholic Church was short of funds owing to the Great Depression, which whilst not as severe in Australia as America still had a significant impact, a fundraising appeal to assist in paying the costs of the church's relocation was also started. The plan was not, however, to replicate the original church design, but rather to use as much recycled material as possible from the old church, in the construction of the new church, which was completed in 1938.
Built to the designs of ecclesiastical architect Patrick O'Connor, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is typical of the Spanish Mission style of architecture. It features a stuccoed treatment to its walls, it is stripped back and has very elegant lines with small concentrations of decoration, it has an elongated shape and the belfry that stands as a landmark above the single and double-storey buildings in its immediate vicinity. In addition it has architectural features typical of the Spanish Mission style, including; groups of narrow arched windows, ornamental grillework, decorative parapets on the belfry, a hipped roof and Spanish or Roman style tiles.
The Spanish Mission style was typically a style that emerged in California during the interwar years and spread across the world.
Patrick Joseph O'Connor was born in Melbourne in 1901, to John O'Connor, a stationmaster, and his wife Margaret. One of thirteen children, he was born into a very religious family. He was educated at a Catholic school in Carnegie before joining the Victorian Railways Architects Office as an articled pupil. He studied architecture at night classes conducted at the Working Men's College and after gaining experience in the Railways Department, he set up in practice as an architect in Collins Street in 1926. He took James Thomas Brophy into partnership in 1946, after which the practice was known as O'Connor & Brophy. Patrick specialised in ecclesiastical and brewery industry work, however it was the former that he was most well known and sought out for. He designed many Catholic churches, presbyteries, schools, hospitals and convents in Victoria between 1926 and his death in 1959. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is considered one of his most outstanding architectural works. In addition to Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church he also designed: Saint Mary Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ascot Vale in 1934, Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Brighton in 1938, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sunshine in 1940, Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newport in 1942, Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church at the Flinders Naval Depot in 1948, The Albion Methodist Church in 1951, Saint Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Spotswood in 1953, and he Great Britain Hotel in Flinders Street.
Built on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads in Glen Iris, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is an elegant Spanish Mission style building which rises proudly from behind a neatly clipped hedge. The building stands proudly on the undulating rise of a hill near the busy intersection of Malvern and Burke Roads with its shops and tram stops and railway station.
The present day Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church building we see was not the original church. The original building was built on land loaned by the Religious of the Sacred Heart in the grounds of the Sacre Coeur convent. Run by the Vincentian Fathers of Malvern, the small congregation began to grow and in 1927 the Glen Iris Roman Catholic parish of Saint Vincent welcomed their first parish priest, Father Patrick Roch Loughnan. It would be he who would provide the name for the parish and so it was in 1928 the Parish of Glen Iris changed its name from Saint Vincent to Saint Roch. Saint Roch was a French 14th Century saint, who is the guardian against pestilence and is also the patron saint of all dog lovers. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church became the first, and to this day remains the only Parish to bear Saint Roch’s name in the whole of Australia.
In 1937, ten years after its initial establishment, the expanding needs of Sacre Coeur meant that the Religious of the Sacred Heart required the land on which the original Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church stood for their own purposes. Therefore the difficult decision was made to relocate the church from the site at Sacre Coeur to a new site on land already acquired by the Roman Catholic Church on Burke Road. The bricks from the site at Sacre Coeur were transported down the road and by 13th February 1930, a Spanish mission style church stood completed on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads.
The choice of a Spanish Mission style church was not made simply because it was a fashionable middle-class 1930s architectural style. It was a deliberate decision. As the Roman Catholic Church was short of funds owing to the Great Depression, which whilst not as severe in Australia as America still had a significant impact, a fundraising appeal to assist in paying the costs of the church's relocation was also started. The plan was not, however, to replicate the original church design, but rather to use as much recycled material as possible from the old church, in the construction of the new church, which was completed in 1938.
Built to the designs of ecclesiastical architect Patrick O'Connor, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is typical of the Spanish Mission style of architecture. It features a stuccoed treatment to its walls, it is stripped back and has very elegant lines with small concentrations of decoration, it has an elongated shape and the belfry that stands as a landmark above the single and double-storey buildings in its immediate vicinity. In addition it has architectural features typical of the Spanish Mission style, including; groups of narrow arched windows, ornamental grillework, decorative parapets on the belfry, a hipped roof and Spanish or Roman style tiles.
The Spanish Mission style was typically a style that emerged in California during the interwar years and spread across the world.
Patrick Joseph O'Connor was born in Melbourne in 1901, to John O'Connor, a stationmaster, and his wife Margaret. One of thirteen children, he was born into a very religious family. He was educated at a Catholic school in Carnegie before joining the Victorian Railways Architects Office as an articled pupil. He studied architecture at night classes conducted at the Working Men's College and after gaining experience in the Railways Department, he set up in practice as an architect in Collins Street in 1926. He took James Thomas Brophy into partnership in 1946, after which the practice was known as O'Connor & Brophy. Patrick specialised in ecclesiastical and brewery industry work, however it was the former that he was most well known and sought out for. He designed many Catholic churches, presbyteries, schools, hospitals and convents in Victoria between 1926 and his death in 1959. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is considered one of his most outstanding architectural works. In addition to Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church he also designed: Saint Mary Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ascot Vale in 1934, Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Brighton in 1938, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sunshine in 1940, Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newport in 1942, Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church at the Flinders Naval Depot in 1948, The Albion Methodist Church in 1951, Saint Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Spotswood in 1953, and he Great Britain Hotel in Flinders Street.
Built on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads in Glen Iris, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is an elegant Spanish Mission style building which rises proudly from behind a neatly clipped hedge. The building stands proudly on the undulating rise of a hill near the busy intersection of Malvern and Burke Roads with its shops and tram stops and railway station.
The present day Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church building we see was not the original church. The original building was built on land loaned by the Religious of the Sacred Heart in the grounds of the Sacre Coeur convent. Run by the Vincentian Fathers of Malvern, the small congregation began to grow and in 1927 the Glen Iris Roman Catholic parish of Saint Vincent welcomed their first parish priest, Father Patrick Roch Loughnan. It would be he who would provide the name for the parish and so it was in 1928 the Parish of Glen Iris changed its name from Saint Vincent to Saint Roch. Saint Roch was a French 14th Century saint, who is the guardian against pestilence and is also the patron saint of all dog lovers. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church became the first, and to this day remains the only Parish to bear Saint Roch’s name in the whole of Australia.
In 1937, ten years after its initial establishment, the expanding needs of Sacre Coeur meant that the Religious of the Sacred Heart required the land on which the original Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church stood for their own purposes. Therefore the difficult decision was made to relocate the church from the site at Sacre Coeur to a new site on land already acquired by the Roman Catholic Church on Burke Road. The bricks from the site at Sacre Coeur were transported down the road and by 13th February 1930, a Spanish mission style church stood completed on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads.
The choice of a Spanish Mission style church was not made simply because it was a fashionable middle-class 1930s architectural style. It was a deliberate decision. As the Roman Catholic Church was short of funds owing to the Great Depression, which whilst not as severe in Australia as America still had a significant impact, a fundraising appeal to assist in paying the costs of the church's relocation was also started. The plan was not, however, to replicate the original church design, but rather to use as much recycled material as possible from the old church, in the construction of the new church, which was completed in 1938.
Built to the designs of ecclesiastical architect Patrick O'Connor, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is typical of the Spanish Mission style of architecture. It features a stuccoed treatment to its walls, it is stripped back and has very elegant lines with small concentrations of decoration, it has an elongated shape and the belfry that stands as a landmark above the single and double-storey buildings in its immediate vicinity. In addition it has architectural features typical of the Spanish Mission style, including; groups of narrow arched windows, ornamental grillework, decorative parapets on the belfry, a hipped roof and Spanish or Roman style tiles.
The Spanish Mission style was typically a style that emerged in California during the interwar years and spread across the world.
Patrick Joseph O'Connor was born in Melbourne in 1901, to John O'Connor, a stationmaster, and his wife Margaret. One of thirteen children, he was born into a very religious family. He was educated at a Catholic school in Carnegie before joining the Victorian Railways Architects Office as an articled pupil. He studied architecture at night classes conducted at the Working Men's College and after gaining experience in the Railways Department, he set up in practice as an architect in Collins Street in 1926. He took James Thomas Brophy into partnership in 1946, after which the practice was known as O'Connor & Brophy. Patrick specialised in ecclesiastical and brewery industry work, however it was the former that he was most well known and sought out for. He designed many Catholic churches, presbyteries, schools, hospitals and convents in Victoria between 1926 and his death in 1959. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is considered one of his most outstanding architectural works. In addition to Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church he also designed: Saint Mary Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ascot Vale in 1934, Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Brighton in 1938, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sunshine in 1940, Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newport in 1942, Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church at the Flinders Naval Depot in 1948, The Albion Methodist Church in 1951, Saint Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Spotswood in 1953, and he Great Britain Hotel in Flinders Street.
Built on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads in Glen Iris, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is an elegant Spanish Mission style building which rises proudly from behind a neatly clipped hedge. The building stands proudly on the undulating rise of a hill near the busy intersection of Malvern and Burke Roads with its shops and tram stops and railway station.
The present day Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church building we see was not the original church. The original building was built on land loaned by the Religious of the Sacred Heart in the grounds of the Sacre Coeur convent. Run by the Vincentian Fathers of Malvern, the small congregation began to grow and in 1927 the Glen Iris Roman Catholic parish of Saint Vincent welcomed their first parish priest, Father Patrick Roch Loughnan. It would be he who would provide the name for the parish and so it was in 1928 the Parish of Glen Iris changed its name from Saint Vincent to Saint Roch. Saint Roch was a French 14th Century saint, who is the guardian against pestilence and is also the patron saint of all dog lovers. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church became the first, and to this day remains the only Parish to bear Saint Roch’s name in the whole of Australia.
In 1937, ten years after its initial establishment, the expanding needs of Sacre Coeur meant that the Religious of the Sacred Heart required the land on which the original Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church stood for their own purposes. Therefore the difficult decision was made to relocate the church from the site at Sacre Coeur to a new site on land already acquired by the Roman Catholic Church on Burke Road. The bricks from the site at Sacre Coeur were transported down the road and by 13th February 1930, a Spanish mission style church stood completed on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads.
The choice of a Spanish Mission style church was not made simply because it was a fashionable middle-class 1930s architectural style. It was a deliberate decision. As the Roman Catholic Church was short of funds owing to the Great Depression, which whilst not as severe in Australia as America still had a significant impact, a fundraising appeal to assist in paying the costs of the church's relocation was also started. The plan was not, however, to replicate the original church design, but rather to use as much recycled material as possible from the old church, in the construction of the new church, which was completed in 1938.
Built to the designs of ecclesiastical architect Patrick O'Connor, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is typical of the Spanish Mission style of architecture. It features a stuccoed treatment to its walls, it is stripped back and has very elegant lines with small concentrations of decoration, it has an elongated shape and the belfry that stands as a landmark above the single and double-storey buildings in its immediate vicinity. In addition it has architectural features typical of the Spanish Mission style, including; groups of narrow arched windows, ornamental grillework, decorative parapets on the belfry, a hipped roof and Spanish or Roman style tiles.
The Spanish Mission style was typically a style that emerged in California during the interwar years and spread across the world.
Patrick Joseph O'Connor was born in Melbourne in 1901, to John O'Connor, a stationmaster, and his wife Margaret. One of thirteen children, he was born into a very religious family. He was educated at a Catholic school in Carnegie before joining the Victorian Railways Architects Office as an articled pupil. He studied architecture at night classes conducted at the Working Men's College and after gaining experience in the Railways Department, he set up in practice as an architect in Collins Street in 1926. He took James Thomas Brophy into partnership in 1946, after which the practice was known as O'Connor & Brophy. Patrick specialised in ecclesiastical and brewery industry work, however it was the former that he was most well known and sought out for. He designed many Catholic churches, presbyteries, schools, hospitals and convents in Victoria between 1926 and his death in 1959. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is considered one of his most outstanding architectural works. In addition to Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church he also designed: Saint Mary Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ascot Vale in 1934, Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Brighton in 1938, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sunshine in 1940, Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newport in 1942, Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church at the Flinders Naval Depot in 1948, The Albion Methodist Church in 1951, Saint Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Spotswood in 1953, and he Great Britain Hotel in Flinders Street.
Glen Iris Park, 1975. The big Chevy and Pontiac cars were built in Australia through 1967. This row is all Oldsmobile, and they were Aussie built only until 1948.
Built on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads in Glen Iris, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is an elegant Spanish Mission style building which rises proudly from behind a neatly clipped hedge. The building stands proudly on the undulating rise of a hill near the busy intersection of Malvern and Burke Roads with its shops and tram stops and railway station.
The present day Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church building we see was not the original church. The original building was built on land loaned by the Religious of the Sacred Heart in the grounds of the Sacre Coeur convent. Run by the Vincentian Fathers of Malvern, the small congregation began to grow and in 1927 the Glen Iris Roman Catholic parish of Saint Vincent welcomed their first parish priest, Father Patrick Roch Loughnan. It would be he who would provide the name for the parish and so it was in 1928 the Parish of Glen Iris changed its name from Saint Vincent to Saint Roch. Saint Roch was a French 14th Century saint, who is the guardian against pestilence and is also the patron saint of all dog lovers. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church became the first, and to this day remains the only Parish to bear Saint Roch’s name in the whole of Australia.
In 1937, ten years after its initial establishment, the expanding needs of Sacre Coeur meant that the Religious of the Sacred Heart required the land on which the original Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church stood for their own purposes. Therefore the difficult decision was made to relocate the church from the site at Sacre Coeur to a new site on land already acquired by the Roman Catholic Church on Burke Road. The bricks from the site at Sacre Coeur were transported down the road and by 13th February 1930, a Spanish mission style church stood completed on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads.
The choice of a Spanish Mission style church was not made simply because it was a fashionable middle-class 1930s architectural style. It was a deliberate decision. As the Roman Catholic Church was short of funds owing to the Great Depression, which whilst not as severe in Australia as America still had a significant impact, a fundraising appeal to assist in paying the costs of the church's relocation was also started. The plan was not, however, to replicate the original church design, but rather to use as much recycled material as possible from the old church, in the construction of the new church, which was completed in 1938.
Built to the designs of ecclesiastical architect Patrick O'Connor, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is typical of the Spanish Mission style of architecture. It features a stuccoed treatment to its walls, it is stripped back and has very elegant lines with small concentrations of decoration, it has an elongated shape and the belfry that stands as a landmark above the single and double-storey buildings in its immediate vicinity. In addition it has architectural features typical of the Spanish Mission style, including; groups of narrow arched windows, ornamental grillework, decorative parapets on the belfry, a hipped roof and Spanish or Roman style tiles.
The Spanish Mission style was typically a style that emerged in California during the interwar years and spread across the world.
Patrick Joseph O'Connor was born in Melbourne in 1901, to John O'Connor, a stationmaster, and his wife Margaret. One of thirteen children, he was born into a very religious family. He was educated at a Catholic school in Carnegie before joining the Victorian Railways Architects Office as an articled pupil. He studied architecture at night classes conducted at the Working Men's College and after gaining experience in the Railways Department, he set up in practice as an architect in Collins Street in 1926. He took James Thomas Brophy into partnership in 1946, after which the practice was known as O'Connor & Brophy. Patrick specialised in ecclesiastical and brewery industry work, however it was the former that he was most well known and sought out for. He designed many Catholic churches, presbyteries, schools, hospitals and convents in Victoria between 1926 and his death in 1959. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is considered one of his most outstanding architectural works. In addition to Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church he also designed: Saint Mary Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ascot Vale in 1934, Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Brighton in 1938, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sunshine in 1940, Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newport in 1942, Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church at the Flinders Naval Depot in 1948, The Albion Methodist Church in 1951, Saint Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Spotswood in 1953, and he Great Britain Hotel in Flinders Street.
Built on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads in Glen Iris, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is an elegant Spanish Mission style building which rises proudly from behind a neatly clipped hedge. The building stands proudly on the undulating rise of a hill near the busy intersection of Malvern and Burke Roads with its shops and tram stops and railway station.
The present day Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church building we see was not the original church. The original building was built on land loaned by the Religious of the Sacred Heart in the grounds of the Sacre Coeur convent. Run by the Vincentian Fathers of Malvern, the small congregation began to grow and in 1927 the Glen Iris Roman Catholic parish of Saint Vincent welcomed their first parish priest, Father Patrick Roch Loughnan. It would be he who would provide the name for the parish and so it was in 1928 the Parish of Glen Iris changed its name from Saint Vincent to Saint Roch. Saint Roch was a French 14th Century saint, who is the guardian against pestilence and is also the patron saint of all dog lovers. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church became the first, and to this day remains the only Parish to bear Saint Roch’s name in the whole of Australia.
In 1937, ten years after its initial establishment, the expanding needs of Sacre Coeur meant that the Religious of the Sacred Heart required the land on which the original Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church stood for their own purposes. Therefore the difficult decision was made to relocate the church from the site at Sacre Coeur to a new site on land already acquired by the Roman Catholic Church on Burke Road. The bricks from the site at Sacre Coeur were transported down the road and by 13th February 1930, a Spanish mission style church stood completed on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads.
The choice of a Spanish Mission style church was not made simply because it was a fashionable middle-class 1930s architectural style. It was a deliberate decision. As the Roman Catholic Church was short of funds owing to the Great Depression, which whilst not as severe in Australia as America still had a significant impact, a fundraising appeal to assist in paying the costs of the church's relocation was also started. The plan was not, however, to replicate the original church design, but rather to use as much recycled material as possible from the old church, in the construction of the new church, which was completed in 1938.
Built to the designs of ecclesiastical architect Patrick O'Connor, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is typical of the Spanish Mission style of architecture. It features a stuccoed treatment to its walls, it is stripped back and has very elegant lines with small concentrations of decoration, it has an elongated shape and the belfry that stands as a landmark above the single and double-storey buildings in its immediate vicinity. In addition it has architectural features typical of the Spanish Mission style, including; groups of narrow arched windows, ornamental grillework, decorative parapets on the belfry, a hipped roof and Spanish or Roman style tiles.
The Spanish Mission style was typically a style that emerged in California during the interwar years and spread across the world.
Patrick Joseph O'Connor was born in Melbourne in 1901, to John O'Connor, a stationmaster, and his wife Margaret. One of thirteen children, he was born into a very religious family. He was educated at a Catholic school in Carnegie before joining the Victorian Railways Architects Office as an articled pupil. He studied architecture at night classes conducted at the Working Men's College and after gaining experience in the Railways Department, he set up in practice as an architect in Collins Street in 1926. He took James Thomas Brophy into partnership in 1946, after which the practice was known as O'Connor & Brophy. Patrick specialised in ecclesiastical and brewery industry work, however it was the former that he was most well known and sought out for. He designed many Catholic churches, presbyteries, schools, hospitals and convents in Victoria between 1926 and his death in 1959. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is considered one of his most outstanding architectural works. In addition to Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church he also designed: Saint Mary Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ascot Vale in 1934, Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Brighton in 1938, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sunshine in 1940, Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newport in 1942, Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church at the Flinders Naval Depot in 1948, The Albion Methodist Church in 1951, Saint Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Spotswood in 1953, and he Great Britain Hotel in Flinders Street.
Built on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads in Glen Iris, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is an elegant Spanish Mission style building which rises proudly from behind a neatly clipped hedge. The building stands proudly on the undulating rise of a hill near the busy intersection of Malvern and Burke Roads with its shops and tram stops and railway station.
The present day Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church building we see was not the original church. The original building was built on land loaned by the Religious of the Sacred Heart in the grounds of the Sacre Coeur convent. Run by the Vincentian Fathers of Malvern, the small congregation began to grow and in 1927 the Glen Iris Roman Catholic parish of Saint Vincent welcomed their first parish priest, Father Patrick Roch Loughnan. It would be he who would provide the name for the parish and so it was in 1928 the Parish of Glen Iris changed its name from Saint Vincent to Saint Roch. Saint Roch was a French 14th Century saint, who is the guardian against pestilence and is also the patron saint of all dog lovers. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church became the first, and to this day remains the only Parish to bear Saint Roch’s name in the whole of Australia.
In 1937, ten years after its initial establishment, the expanding needs of Sacre Coeur meant that the Religious of the Sacred Heart required the land on which the original Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church stood for their own purposes. Therefore the difficult decision was made to relocate the church from the site at Sacre Coeur to a new site on land already acquired by the Roman Catholic Church on Burke Road. The bricks from the site at Sacre Coeur were transported down the road and by 13th February 1930, a Spanish mission style church stood completed on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads.
The choice of a Spanish Mission style church was not made simply because it was a fashionable middle-class 1930s architectural style. It was a deliberate decision. As the Roman Catholic Church was short of funds owing to the Great Depression, which whilst not as severe in Australia as America still had a significant impact, a fundraising appeal to assist in paying the costs of the church's relocation was also started. The plan was not, however, to replicate the original church design, but rather to use as much recycled material as possible from the old church, in the construction of the new church, which was completed in 1938.
Built to the designs of ecclesiastical architect Patrick O'Connor, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is typical of the Spanish Mission style of architecture. It features a stuccoed treatment to its walls, it is stripped back and has very elegant lines with small concentrations of decoration, it has an elongated shape and the belfry that stands as a landmark above the single and double-storey buildings in its immediate vicinity. In addition it has architectural features typical of the Spanish Mission style, including; groups of narrow arched windows, ornamental grillework, decorative parapets on the belfry, a hipped roof and Spanish or Roman style tiles.
The Spanish Mission style was typically a style that emerged in California during the interwar years and spread across the world.
Patrick Joseph O'Connor was born in Melbourne in 1901, to John O'Connor, a stationmaster, and his wife Margaret. One of thirteen children, he was born into a very religious family. He was educated at a Catholic school in Carnegie before joining the Victorian Railways Architects Office as an articled pupil. He studied architecture at night classes conducted at the Working Men's College and after gaining experience in the Railways Department, he set up in practice as an architect in Collins Street in 1926. He took James Thomas Brophy into partnership in 1946, after which the practice was known as O'Connor & Brophy. Patrick specialised in ecclesiastical and brewery industry work, however it was the former that he was most well known and sought out for. He designed many Catholic churches, presbyteries, schools, hospitals and convents in Victoria between 1926 and his death in 1959. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is considered one of his most outstanding architectural works. In addition to Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church he also designed: Saint Mary Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ascot Vale in 1934, Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Brighton in 1938, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sunshine in 1940, Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newport in 1942, Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church at the Flinders Naval Depot in 1948, The Albion Methodist Church in 1951, Saint Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Spotswood in 1953, and he Great Britain Hotel in Flinders Street.
Built on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads in Glen Iris, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is an elegant Spanish Mission style building which rises proudly from behind a neatly clipped hedge. The building stands proudly on the undulating rise of a hill near the busy intersection of Malvern and Burke Roads with its shops and tram stops and railway station.
The present day Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church building we see was not the original church. The original building was built on land loaned by the Religious of the Sacred Heart in the grounds of the Sacre Coeur convent. Run by the Vincentian Fathers of Malvern, the small congregation began to grow and in 1927 the Glen Iris Roman Catholic parish of Saint Vincent welcomed their first parish priest, Father Patrick Roch Loughnan. It would be he who would provide the name for the parish and so it was in 1928 the Parish of Glen Iris changed its name from Saint Vincent to Saint Roch. Saint Roch was a French 14th Century saint, who is the guardian against pestilence and is also the patron saint of all dog lovers. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church became the first, and to this day remains the only Parish to bear Saint Roch’s name in the whole of Australia.
In 1937, ten years after its initial establishment, the expanding needs of Sacre Coeur meant that the Religious of the Sacred Heart required the land on which the original Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church stood for their own purposes. Therefore the difficult decision was made to relocate the church from the site at Sacre Coeur to a new site on land already acquired by the Roman Catholic Church on Burke Road. The bricks from the site at Sacre Coeur were transported down the road and by 13th February 1930, a Spanish mission style church stood completed on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads.
The choice of a Spanish Mission style church was not made simply because it was a fashionable middle-class 1930s architectural style. It was a deliberate decision. As the Roman Catholic Church was short of funds owing to the Great Depression, which whilst not as severe in Australia as America still had a significant impact, a fundraising appeal to assist in paying the costs of the church's relocation was also started. The plan was not, however, to replicate the original church design, but rather to use as much recycled material as possible from the old church, in the construction of the new church, which was completed in 1938.
Built to the designs of ecclesiastical architect Patrick O'Connor, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is typical of the Spanish Mission style of architecture. It features a stuccoed treatment to its walls, it is stripped back and has very elegant lines with small concentrations of decoration, it has an elongated shape and the belfry that stands as a landmark above the single and double-storey buildings in its immediate vicinity. In addition it has architectural features typical of the Spanish Mission style, including; groups of narrow arched windows, ornamental grillework, decorative parapets on the belfry, a hipped roof and Spanish or Roman style tiles.
The Spanish Mission style was typically a style that emerged in California during the interwar years and spread across the world.
Patrick Joseph O'Connor was born in Melbourne in 1901, to John O'Connor, a stationmaster, and his wife Margaret. One of thirteen children, he was born into a very religious family. He was educated at a Catholic school in Carnegie before joining the Victorian Railways Architects Office as an articled pupil. He studied architecture at night classes conducted at the Working Men's College and after gaining experience in the Railways Department, he set up in practice as an architect in Collins Street in 1926. He took James Thomas Brophy into partnership in 1946, after which the practice was known as O'Connor & Brophy. Patrick specialised in ecclesiastical and brewery industry work, however it was the former that he was most well known and sought out for. He designed many Catholic churches, presbyteries, schools, hospitals and convents in Victoria between 1926 and his death in 1959. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is considered one of his most outstanding architectural works. In addition to Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church he also designed: Saint Mary Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ascot Vale in 1934, Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Brighton in 1938, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sunshine in 1940, Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newport in 1942, Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church at the Flinders Naval Depot in 1948, The Albion Methodist Church in 1951, Saint Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Spotswood in 1953, and he Great Britain Hotel in Flinders Street.
Built on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads in Glen Iris, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is an elegant Spanish Mission style building which rises proudly from behind a neatly clipped hedge. The building stands proudly on the undulating rise of a hill near the busy intersection of Malvern and Burke Roads with its shops and tram stops and railway station.
The present day Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church building we see was not the original church. The original building was built on land loaned by the Religious of the Sacred Heart in the grounds of the Sacre Coeur convent. Run by the Vincentian Fathers of Malvern, the small congregation began to grow and in 1927 the Glen Iris Roman Catholic parish of Saint Vincent welcomed their first parish priest, Father Patrick Roch Loughnan. It would be he who would provide the name for the parish and so it was in 1928 the Parish of Glen Iris changed its name from Saint Vincent to Saint Roch. Saint Roch was a French 14th Century saint, who is the guardian against pestilence and is also the patron saint of all dog lovers. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church became the first, and to this day remains the only Parish to bear Saint Roch’s name in the whole of Australia.
In 1937, ten years after its initial establishment, the expanding needs of Sacre Coeur meant that the Religious of the Sacred Heart required the land on which the original Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church stood for their own purposes. Therefore the difficult decision was made to relocate the church from the site at Sacre Coeur to a new site on land already acquired by the Roman Catholic Church on Burke Road. The bricks from the site at Sacre Coeur were transported down the road and by 13th February 1930, a Spanish mission style church stood completed on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads.
The choice of a Spanish Mission style church was not made simply because it was a fashionable middle-class 1930s architectural style. It was a deliberate decision. As the Roman Catholic Church was short of funds owing to the Great Depression, which whilst not as severe in Australia as America still had a significant impact, a fundraising appeal to assist in paying the costs of the church's relocation was also started. The plan was not, however, to replicate the original church design, but rather to use as much recycled material as possible from the old church, in the construction of the new church, which was completed in 1938.
Built to the designs of ecclesiastical architect Patrick O'Connor, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is typical of the Spanish Mission style of architecture. It features a stuccoed treatment to its walls, it is stripped back and has very elegant lines with small concentrations of decoration, it has an elongated shape and the belfry that stands as a landmark above the single and double-storey buildings in its immediate vicinity. In addition it has architectural features typical of the Spanish Mission style, including; groups of narrow arched windows, ornamental grillework, decorative parapets on the belfry, a hipped roof and Spanish or Roman style tiles.
The Spanish Mission style was typically a style that emerged in California during the interwar years and spread across the world.
Patrick Joseph O'Connor was born in Melbourne in 1901, to John O'Connor, a stationmaster, and his wife Margaret. One of thirteen children, he was born into a very religious family. He was educated at a Catholic school in Carnegie before joining the Victorian Railways Architects Office as an articled pupil. He studied architecture at night classes conducted at the Working Men's College and after gaining experience in the Railways Department, he set up in practice as an architect in Collins Street in 1926. He took James Thomas Brophy into partnership in 1946, after which the practice was known as O'Connor & Brophy. Patrick specialised in ecclesiastical and brewery industry work, however it was the former that he was most well known and sought out for. He designed many Catholic churches, presbyteries, schools, hospitals and convents in Victoria between 1926 and his death in 1959. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is considered one of his most outstanding architectural works. In addition to Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church he also designed: Saint Mary Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ascot Vale in 1934, Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Brighton in 1938, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sunshine in 1940, Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newport in 1942, Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church at the Flinders Naval Depot in 1948, The Albion Methodist Church in 1951, Saint Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Spotswood in 1953, and he Great Britain Hotel in Flinders Street.
Built on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads in Glen Iris, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is an elegant Spanish Mission style building which rises proudly from behind a neatly clipped hedge. The building stands proudly on the undulating rise of a hill near the busy intersection of Malvern and Burke Roads with its shops and tram stops and railway station.
The present day Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church building we see was not the original church. The original building was built on land loaned by the Religious of the Sacred Heart in the grounds of the Sacre Coeur convent. Run by the Vincentian Fathers of Malvern, the small congregation began to grow and in 1927 the Glen Iris Roman Catholic parish of Saint Vincent welcomed their first parish priest, Father Patrick Roch Loughnan. It would be he who would provide the name for the parish and so it was in 1928 the Parish of Glen Iris changed its name from Saint Vincent to Saint Roch. Saint Roch was a French 14th Century saint, who is the guardian against pestilence and is also the patron saint of all dog lovers. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church became the first, and to this day remains the only Parish to bear Saint Roch’s name in the whole of Australia.
In 1937, ten years after its initial establishment, the expanding needs of Sacre Coeur meant that the Religious of the Sacred Heart required the land on which the original Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church stood for their own purposes. Therefore the difficult decision was made to relocate the church from the site at Sacre Coeur to a new site on land already acquired by the Roman Catholic Church on Burke Road. The bricks from the site at Sacre Coeur were transported down the road and by 13th February 1930, a Spanish mission style church stood completed on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads.
The choice of a Spanish Mission style church was not made simply because it was a fashionable middle-class 1930s architectural style. It was a deliberate decision. As the Roman Catholic Church was short of funds owing to the Great Depression, which whilst not as severe in Australia as America still had a significant impact, a fundraising appeal to assist in paying the costs of the church's relocation was also started. The plan was not, however, to replicate the original church design, but rather to use as much recycled material as possible from the old church, in the construction of the new church, which was completed in 1938.
Built to the designs of ecclesiastical architect Patrick O'Connor, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is typical of the Spanish Mission style of architecture. It features a stuccoed treatment to its walls, it is stripped back and has very elegant lines with small concentrations of decoration, it has an elongated shape and the belfry that stands as a landmark above the single and double-storey buildings in its immediate vicinity. In addition it has architectural features typical of the Spanish Mission style, including; groups of narrow arched windows, ornamental grillework, decorative parapets on the belfry, a hipped roof and Spanish or Roman style tiles.
The Spanish Mission style was typically a style that emerged in California during the interwar years and spread across the world.
Patrick Joseph O'Connor was born in Melbourne in 1901, to John O'Connor, a stationmaster, and his wife Margaret. One of thirteen children, he was born into a very religious family. He was educated at a Catholic school in Carnegie before joining the Victorian Railways Architects Office as an articled pupil. He studied architecture at night classes conducted at the Working Men's College and after gaining experience in the Railways Department, he set up in practice as an architect in Collins Street in 1926. He took James Thomas Brophy into partnership in 1946, after which the practice was known as O'Connor & Brophy. Patrick specialised in ecclesiastical and brewery industry work, however it was the former that he was most well known and sought out for. He designed many Catholic churches, presbyteries, schools, hospitals and convents in Victoria between 1926 and his death in 1959. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is considered one of his most outstanding architectural works. In addition to Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church he also designed: Saint Mary Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ascot Vale in 1934, Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Brighton in 1938, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sunshine in 1940, Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newport in 1942, Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church at the Flinders Naval Depot in 1948, The Albion Methodist Church in 1951, Saint Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Spotswood in 1953, and he Great Britain Hotel in Flinders Street.
Built on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads in Glen Iris, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is an elegant Spanish Mission style building which rises proudly from behind a neatly clipped hedge. The building stands proudly on the undulating rise of a hill near the busy intersection of Malvern and Burke Roads with its shops and tram stops and railway station.
The present day Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church building we see was not the original church. The original building was built on land loaned by the Religious of the Sacred Heart in the grounds of the Sacre Coeur convent. Run by the Vincentian Fathers of Malvern, the small congregation began to grow and in 1927 the Glen Iris Roman Catholic parish of Saint Vincent welcomed their first parish priest, Father Patrick Roch Loughnan. It would be he who would provide the name for the parish and so it was in 1928 the Parish of Glen Iris changed its name from Saint Vincent to Saint Roch. Saint Roch was a French 14th Century saint, who is the guardian against pestilence and is also the patron saint of all dog lovers. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church became the first, and to this day remains the only Parish to bear Saint Roch’s name in the whole of Australia.
In 1937, ten years after its initial establishment, the expanding needs of Sacre Coeur meant that the Religious of the Sacred Heart required the land on which the original Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church stood for their own purposes. Therefore the difficult decision was made to relocate the church from the site at Sacre Coeur to a new site on land already acquired by the Roman Catholic Church on Burke Road. The bricks from the site at Sacre Coeur were transported down the road and by 13th February 1930, a Spanish mission style church stood completed on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads.
The choice of a Spanish Mission style church was not made simply because it was a fashionable middle-class 1930s architectural style. It was a deliberate decision. As the Roman Catholic Church was short of funds owing to the Great Depression, which whilst not as severe in Australia as America still had a significant impact, a fundraising appeal to assist in paying the costs of the church's relocation was also started. The plan was not, however, to replicate the original church design, but rather to use as much recycled material as possible from the old church, in the construction of the new church, which was completed in 1938.
Built to the designs of ecclesiastical architect Patrick O'Connor, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is typical of the Spanish Mission style of architecture. It features a stuccoed treatment to its walls, it is stripped back and has very elegant lines with small concentrations of decoration, it has an elongated shape and the belfry that stands as a landmark above the single and double-storey buildings in its immediate vicinity. In addition it has architectural features typical of the Spanish Mission style, including; groups of narrow arched windows, ornamental grillework, decorative parapets on the belfry, a hipped roof and Spanish or Roman style tiles.
The Spanish Mission style was typically a style that emerged in California during the interwar years and spread across the world.
Patrick Joseph O'Connor was born in Melbourne in 1901, to John O'Connor, a stationmaster, and his wife Margaret. One of thirteen children, he was born into a very religious family. He was educated at a Catholic school in Carnegie before joining the Victorian Railways Architects Office as an articled pupil. He studied architecture at night classes conducted at the Working Men's College and after gaining experience in the Railways Department, he set up in practice as an architect in Collins Street in 1926. He took James Thomas Brophy into partnership in 1946, after which the practice was known as O'Connor & Brophy. Patrick specialised in ecclesiastical and brewery industry work, however it was the former that he was most well known and sought out for. He designed many Catholic churches, presbyteries, schools, hospitals and convents in Victoria between 1926 and his death in 1959. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is considered one of his most outstanding architectural works. In addition to Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church he also designed: Saint Mary Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ascot Vale in 1934, Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Brighton in 1938, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sunshine in 1940, Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newport in 1942, Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church at the Flinders Naval Depot in 1948, The Albion Methodist Church in 1951, Saint Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Spotswood in 1953, and he Great Britain Hotel in Flinders Street.
Built on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads in Glen Iris, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is an elegant Spanish Mission style building which rises proudly from behind a neatly clipped hedge. The building stands proudly on the undulating rise of a hill near the busy intersection of Malvern and Burke Roads with its shops and tram stops and railway station.
The present day Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church building we see was not the original church. The original building was built on land loaned by the Religious of the Sacred Heart in the grounds of the Sacre Coeur convent. Run by the Vincentian Fathers of Malvern, the small congregation began to grow and in 1927 the Glen Iris Roman Catholic parish of Saint Vincent welcomed their first parish priest, Father Patrick Roch Loughnan. It would be he who would provide the name for the parish and so it was in 1928 the Parish of Glen Iris changed its name from Saint Vincent to Saint Roch. Saint Roch was a French 14th Century saint, who is the guardian against pestilence and is also the patron saint of all dog lovers. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church became the first, and to this day remains the only Parish to bear Saint Roch’s name in the whole of Australia.
In 1937, ten years after its initial establishment, the expanding needs of Sacre Coeur meant that the Religious of the Sacred Heart required the land on which the original Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church stood for their own purposes. Therefore the difficult decision was made to relocate the church from the site at Sacre Coeur to a new site on land already acquired by the Roman Catholic Church on Burke Road. The bricks from the site at Sacre Coeur were transported down the road and by 13th February 1930, a Spanish mission style church stood completed on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads.
The choice of a Spanish Mission style church was not made simply because it was a fashionable middle-class 1930s architectural style. It was a deliberate decision. As the Roman Catholic Church was short of funds owing to the Great Depression, which whilst not as severe in Australia as America still had a significant impact, a fundraising appeal to assist in paying the costs of the church's relocation was also started. The plan was not, however, to replicate the original church design, but rather to use as much recycled material as possible from the old church, in the construction of the new church, which was completed in 1938.
Built to the designs of ecclesiastical architect Patrick O'Connor, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is typical of the Spanish Mission style of architecture. It features a stuccoed treatment to its walls, it is stripped back and has very elegant lines with small concentrations of decoration, it has an elongated shape and the belfry that stands as a landmark above the single and double-storey buildings in its immediate vicinity. In addition it has architectural features typical of the Spanish Mission style, including; groups of narrow arched windows, ornamental grillework, decorative parapets on the belfry, a hipped roof and Spanish or Roman style tiles.
The Spanish Mission style was typically a style that emerged in California during the interwar years and spread across the world.
Patrick Joseph O'Connor was born in Melbourne in 1901, to John O'Connor, a stationmaster, and his wife Margaret. One of thirteen children, he was born into a very religious family. He was educated at a Catholic school in Carnegie before joining the Victorian Railways Architects Office as an articled pupil. He studied architecture at night classes conducted at the Working Men's College and after gaining experience in the Railways Department, he set up in practice as an architect in Collins Street in 1926. He took James Thomas Brophy into partnership in 1946, after which the practice was known as O'Connor & Brophy. Patrick specialised in ecclesiastical and brewery industry work, however it was the former that he was most well known and sought out for. He designed many Catholic churches, presbyteries, schools, hospitals and convents in Victoria between 1926 and his death in 1959. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is considered one of his most outstanding architectural works. In addition to Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church he also designed: Saint Mary Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ascot Vale in 1934, Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Brighton in 1938, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sunshine in 1940, Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newport in 1942, Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church at the Flinders Naval Depot in 1948, The Albion Methodist Church in 1951, Saint Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Spotswood in 1953, and he Great Britain Hotel in Flinders Street.
Built on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads in Glen Iris, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is an elegant Spanish Mission style building which rises proudly from behind a neatly clipped hedge. The building stands proudly on the undulating rise of a hill near the busy intersection of Malvern and Burke Roads with its shops and tram stops and railway station.
The present day Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church building we see was not the original church. The original building was built on land loaned by the Religious of the Sacred Heart in the grounds of the Sacre Coeur convent. Run by the Vincentian Fathers of Malvern, the small congregation began to grow and in 1927 the Glen Iris Roman Catholic parish of Saint Vincent welcomed their first parish priest, Father Patrick Roch Loughnan. It would be he who would provide the name for the parish and so it was in 1928 the Parish of Glen Iris changed its name from Saint Vincent to Saint Roch. Saint Roch was a French 14th Century saint, who is the guardian against pestilence and is also the patron saint of all dog lovers. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church became the first, and to this day remains the only Parish to bear Saint Roch’s name in the whole of Australia.
In 1937, ten years after its initial establishment, the expanding needs of Sacre Coeur meant that the Religious of the Sacred Heart required the land on which the original Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church stood for their own purposes. Therefore the difficult decision was made to relocate the church from the site at Sacre Coeur to a new site on land already acquired by the Roman Catholic Church on Burke Road. The bricks from the site at Sacre Coeur were transported down the road and by 13th February 1930, a Spanish mission style church stood completed on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads.
The choice of a Spanish Mission style church was not made simply because it was a fashionable middle-class 1930s architectural style. It was a deliberate decision. As the Roman Catholic Church was short of funds owing to the Great Depression, which whilst not as severe in Australia as America still had a significant impact, a fundraising appeal to assist in paying the costs of the church's relocation was also started. The plan was not, however, to replicate the original church design, but rather to use as much recycled material as possible from the old church, in the construction of the new church, which was completed in 1938.
Built to the designs of ecclesiastical architect Patrick O'Connor, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is typical of the Spanish Mission style of architecture. It features a stuccoed treatment to its walls, it is stripped back and has very elegant lines with small concentrations of decoration, it has an elongated shape and the belfry that stands as a landmark above the single and double-storey buildings in its immediate vicinity. In addition it has architectural features typical of the Spanish Mission style, including; groups of narrow arched windows, ornamental grillework, decorative parapets on the belfry, a hipped roof and Spanish or Roman style tiles.
The Spanish Mission style was typically a style that emerged in California during the interwar years and spread across the world.
Patrick Joseph O'Connor was born in Melbourne in 1901, to John O'Connor, a stationmaster, and his wife Margaret. One of thirteen children, he was born into a very religious family. He was educated at a Catholic school in Carnegie before joining the Victorian Railways Architects Office as an articled pupil. He studied architecture at night classes conducted at the Working Men's College and after gaining experience in the Railways Department, he set up in practice as an architect in Collins Street in 1926. He took James Thomas Brophy into partnership in 1946, after which the practice was known as O'Connor & Brophy. Patrick specialised in ecclesiastical and brewery industry work, however it was the former that he was most well known and sought out for. He designed many Catholic churches, presbyteries, schools, hospitals and convents in Victoria between 1926 and his death in 1959. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is considered one of his most outstanding architectural works. In addition to Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church he also designed: Saint Mary Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ascot Vale in 1934, Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Brighton in 1938, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sunshine in 1940, Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newport in 1942, Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church at the Flinders Naval Depot in 1948, The Albion Methodist Church in 1951, Saint Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Spotswood in 1953, and he Great Britain Hotel in Flinders Street.
Built on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads in Glen Iris, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is an elegant Spanish Mission style building which rises proudly from behind a neatly clipped hedge. The building stands proudly on the undulating rise of a hill near the busy intersection of Malvern and Burke Roads with its shops and tram stops and railway station.
The present day Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church building we see was not the original church. The original building was built on land loaned by the Religious of the Sacred Heart in the grounds of the Sacre Coeur convent. Run by the Vincentian Fathers of Malvern, the small congregation began to grow and in 1927 the Glen Iris Roman Catholic parish of Saint Vincent welcomed their first parish priest, Father Patrick Roch Loughnan. It would be he who would provide the name for the parish and so it was in 1928 the Parish of Glen Iris changed its name from Saint Vincent to Saint Roch. Saint Roch was a French 14th Century saint, who is the guardian against pestilence and is also the patron saint of all dog lovers. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church became the first, and to this day remains the only Parish to bear Saint Roch’s name in the whole of Australia.
In 1937, ten years after its initial establishment, the expanding needs of Sacre Coeur meant that the Religious of the Sacred Heart required the land on which the original Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church stood for their own purposes. Therefore the difficult decision was made to relocate the church from the site at Sacre Coeur to a new site on land already acquired by the Roman Catholic Church on Burke Road. The bricks from the site at Sacre Coeur were transported down the road and by 13th February 1930, a Spanish mission style church stood completed on the corner of Glenvale and Burke Roads.
The choice of a Spanish Mission style church was not made simply because it was a fashionable middle-class 1930s architectural style. It was a deliberate decision. As the Roman Catholic Church was short of funds owing to the Great Depression, which whilst not as severe in Australia as America still had a significant impact, a fundraising appeal to assist in paying the costs of the church's relocation was also started. The plan was not, however, to replicate the original church design, but rather to use as much recycled material as possible from the old church, in the construction of the new church, which was completed in 1938.
Built to the designs of ecclesiastical architect Patrick O'Connor, Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is typical of the Spanish Mission style of architecture. It features a stuccoed treatment to its walls, it is stripped back and has very elegant lines with small concentrations of decoration, it has an elongated shape and the belfry that stands as a landmark above the single and double-storey buildings in its immediate vicinity. In addition it has architectural features typical of the Spanish Mission style, including; groups of narrow arched windows, ornamental grillework, decorative parapets on the belfry, a hipped roof and Spanish or Roman style tiles.
The Spanish Mission style was typically a style that emerged in California during the interwar years and spread across the world.
Patrick Joseph O'Connor was born in Melbourne in 1901, to John O'Connor, a stationmaster, and his wife Margaret. One of thirteen children, he was born into a very religious family. He was educated at a Catholic school in Carnegie before joining the Victorian Railways Architects Office as an articled pupil. He studied architecture at night classes conducted at the Working Men's College and after gaining experience in the Railways Department, he set up in practice as an architect in Collins Street in 1926. He took James Thomas Brophy into partnership in 1946, after which the practice was known as O'Connor & Brophy. Patrick specialised in ecclesiastical and brewery industry work, however it was the former that he was most well known and sought out for. He designed many Catholic churches, presbyteries, schools, hospitals and convents in Victoria between 1926 and his death in 1959. Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church is considered one of his most outstanding architectural works. In addition to Saint Roch's Roman Catholic Church he also designed: Saint Mary Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Ascot Vale in 1934, Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Brighton in 1938, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sunshine in 1940, Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newport in 1942, Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church at the Flinders Naval Depot in 1948, The Albion Methodist Church in 1951, Saint Margaret Mary's Catholic Church in Spotswood in 1953, and he Great Britain Hotel in Flinders Street.