Church of the Holy Innocents, Anglican church in Rossmore, Australia.
The Church of the Holy Innocents is a heritage-listed Anglican church at 130 Rossmore Avenue West, Rossmore, built from 1848 to 1850 to a design by Richard Cromwell Carpenter and Edmund Blacket, with William Munro as builder. It is a Gothic Revival structure of stone and timber with steep roofs, an open timber porch and a belfry, and it was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 24 August 2018.
The foundation stone was laid on 28 December 1848 under the direction of architects Richard Cromwell Carpenter and Edmund Blacket. The construction was completed in 1850 by William Munro.
The church stands on a one-acre reserve in the Parish of Cabramatta, laid out around 1827 with an eastern half for a school and church and a western half for a burial ground. The building was designed by Richard Cromwell Carpenter and Edmund Blacket and erected by William Munro between 1848 and 1850. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 24 August 2018.
The church stands at 130 Rossmore Avenue West in Rossmore, southwest of Liverpool, on the east bank of South Creek. The site is a heritage-listed property owned by the Anglican Church Property Trust Diocese of Sydney, so access to the interior may depend on parish use. The one-acre reserve originally held a school and church on its eastern half and a burial ground on its western half.
The church stands on part of a one-acre school and church reserve set aside around 1827 in the planned township of Cabramatta, in the Parish of Cabramatta, County of Cumberland. The reserve was split into an eastern half for the school and church and a western half for a burial ground.
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