St Andrew's Anglican Church, Seven Hills, Anglican church in Seven Hills, Australia
St Andrew's Anglican Church is a former Anglican church complex at 313 Seven Hills Road, Seven Hills, comprising a brick chapel of ease and school (1863), a church opened in 1879, and a late Victorian rectory with foundation stone laid in 1891. All three buildings were designed and built by G. H. Stoker. The church is a example of Victorian Ecclesiastical architecture.
A brick chapel of ease and school was built on the site in 1863, and St Andrew's Church was opened by the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney on 22 October 1879, though baptisms are recorded from 14 April 1878. The architect and builder G. H. Stoker laid the rectory foundation stone on 13 June 1891. The complex is now a private residence and was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.
Four of the six side windows were dedicated to members of the Pearce family, descendants of pioneer settler Matthew Pearce, and Freame recorded in 1923 a three-light east window for Eliza Pearce (died 1878) plus tablets to the Neales and Pearces, families linked by marriage. The founding parishioners he lists are the Pearces, Howards, Briens, Meurants, Davis and Horwood.
The property at 313 Seven Hills Road North is now privately owned and not open to public access. Visitors should view it from the street and respect the boundaries of the private residence.
Four of the six side windows were dedicated to Pearce family members, and the east end held a three-light window in memory of Eliza Pearce, who died on 20 February 1878. The brass book rest and vases on the communion table commemorated Phillip Pearce, a church warden and justice of the peace.
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