St Paul's Anglican Church, Carlingford

St Paul's Anglican Church is a sandstone structure at 346 Marsden Road featuring Victorian Academic Gothic architecture with characteristic religious design elements from its era. The building displays the proportions and details typical of 19th-century worship spaces in this style.

William Broughton consecrated the church in 1850 after William Mobbs had donated the land three years earlier for religious services and burial purposes. The site functioned from its beginning as both a house of worship and a burial ground for the local community.

The community gathers here for worship and fellowship, welcoming both English and Mandarin-speaking visitors to participate in services. The space remains an active center for spiritual connection and intergenerational exchange among local residents.

You can view the building and examine its architectural details from street level and close range, with convenient access from Marsden Road. The surroundings give you a sense of how historic religious structures fit into this neighborhood today.

The stone used to build the church was personally quarried by Richard Marshall from his Carlingford property, giving the structure a deep local connection. This hands-on approach to sourcing materials from the immediate area was uncommon for church construction at the time.