St Andrews Anglican Church, South Brisbane
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St Andrew Anglican Church, 2015
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| Location | 160 Vulture Street, South Brisbane, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°28′53″S 153°01′10″E / 27.4815°S 153.0194°ECoordinates: 27°28′53″S 153°01′10″E / 27.4815°S 153.0194°E |
| Design period | 1870s - 1890s (late 19th century) |
| Built | 1878 - 1932 |
| Official name: St Andrews Anglican Church | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600304 |
| Significant period | 1878, 1882-1883, 1887, 1909, 1931-1932 (fabric) |
| Significant components | church, stained glass window/s, furniture/fittings, hall |
 Location of St Andrews Anglican Church, South Brisbane in Queensland
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St Andrews Anglican Church is a heritage-listed churchyard at 160 Vulture Street, South Brisbane, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1878 to 1932. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
St Andrew's Anglican Church at South Brisbane was constructed in several stages: 1878-1883, 1887, and 1931-1932, as funds became progressively available.
The first Anglican church in South Brisbane had been built c. 1855 on the corner of Grey and Melbourne Streets. The construction of St Andrews reflected the growing population of the area and the general move of residential and public buildings up the hill away from the flood-prone area of first settlement. Flamboyant Italian architect Andrea Stombuco was commissioned to design St Andrew's, which was to be a substantial structure in stone. Stombuco, who had designed a number of ecclesiastical buildings for the Catholic Church, including St Joseph's Christian Brothers' College on Gregory Terrace (1875-1876), Rathbawn (a house built for Roman Catholic Bishop of Brisbane, James Quinn) at Nudgee (1875-1878) and St Mary's Roman Catholic Presbytery in Ipswich (1875), envisaged a grand structure for St Andrew's, with a prominent tower and spire.
Work commenced in 1878, but was abandoned when the walls had reached a height of only 6 feet (1.8 metres). Stombuco's design had proved beyond the financial means of the parish, and work did not resume until 1882. The chancel, transepts and first bay of the nave were completed in the following year by the builder James O'Keeffe. An 1887 extension was designed by architect Hezekiah Watson King Martin, who had recently arrived in Brisbane from London, and was an active member of the St Andrew's congregation.
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