St Bartholomew's Anglican Church and Cemetery, Prospect, Anglican church and cemetery in Prospect, Australia

St Bartholomew's is an Anglican church displaying Victorian Georgian design with a rectangular plan, square tower, and refined stone detailing throughout. The adjacent cemetery contains around 3,800 memorials with photographic records and represents burials spanning multiple generations of local families.

St Bartholomew's Church of England was built by Prospect pioneers with funds collected from 1837, after the Church Act of 1836 promoted church construction. In August 1838 tenders were called; James Atkinson of Mulgoa won the contract, also building St Peter's at Richmond, St Mary Magdalene at St Mary's and St Thomas' at Mulgoa. The trustees were William Lawson, Robert Crawford and Nelson Simmons Lawson, and the original contract sum was A£1,250, half from private subscription and half from the Colonial Treasury. Henry Robertson is thought to have been the architect, though William Lawson, a surveyor by training, may have designed it.

The church was built with funds collected from Prospect pioneers from 1837, under the Church Act of 1836, and its contract was held by trustees William Lawson, Robert Crawford and Nelson Simmons Lawson. The cemetery beside it holds graves of the families who settled the area from 1791, when Governor Phillip placed time-expired convicts on the slopes of Prospect Hill.

The site is located on Ponds Road and easily accessible for visitors who wish to explore the historic graves and architecture. Note that new burial plots are no longer available as the cemetery has reached capacity.

The church was designed by Henry Robertson, though some historians suggest William Lawson, a surveyor by training and one of the trustees, may have drawn the plans. James Atkinson of Mulgoa won the 1838 contract while building three other churches at the same time: St Peter's at Richmond, St Mary Magdalene at St Mary's and St Thomas' at Mulgoa.