St Patricks Church, Gympie
| St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Gympie | |
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St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, 2015
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| Location | Church Street, Gympie, Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 26°11′33″S 152°39′57″E / 26.1926°S 152.6657°ECoordinates: 26°11′33″S 152°39′57″E / 26.1926°S 152.6657°E |
| Design period | 1870s - 1890s (late 19th century) |
| Built | 1883 - 1935 |
| Architect | Francis Drummond Greville Stanley |
| Architectural style(s) | Gothic |
| Official name: St Patricks Church | |
| Type | state heritage (landscape, built) |
| Designated | 20 February 1995 |
| Reference no. | 601503 |
| Significant period | 1880s (historical) 1880s, 1920s, 1930s (fabric) ongoing (social) |
| Significant components | furniture/fittings, tower - bell / belfry, church, views to, stained glass window/s, garden/grounds |
| Builders | J Smith and Co, Peter and George Duckworth |
 Location of St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Gympie in Queensland
Location of St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Gympie in Queensland
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St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church is a heritage-listed church at Church Street, Gympie, Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Francis Drummond Greville Stanley and built from 1883 to 1935. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 20 February 1995.
St Patrick's Church was constructed on Calton Hill in Gympie from 1883 to 1887, by the Roman Catholic Church. It was the third permanent church constructed in the town for the Catholic community on or near this site. The building was designed by the prominent Brisbane architect, FDG Stanley.
The first Catholic mass was celebrated in Gympie in February 1868, in the Brisbane Hotel, by Father Tissot. The following month, Father Matthew Horan arrived on the newly established goldfields and assumed his position as parish priest, which he held until his death in 1923. Upon his arrival, Father Horan pitched a tent on Calton Hill to celebrate mass, beginning the long Catholic domination of the site. Tenders appeared in the Nashville Times on 18 March 1868, for the construction of a permanent church building. This timber building was ready for use by the end of 1868, but lasted only four years due to the damaging effects of weathering and white ants. Some of the land at Calton Hill was donated to the church by local residents including Patrick Lillis, and other land was bought at auction.
In 1872 a second church was constructed of hardwood, and opened by Rev Dr James O'Quinn, Bishop of Queensland. Despite the later addition of side aisles, the hardwood church was regarded as inadequate for the growing Catholic congregation and another building was planned reflecting the importance of the church in the community. In 1879 a Catholic school was established on land nearby, when the Sisters of Mercy arrived in Gympie. Plans for the new church were prepared by well known Brisbane architect, FDG Stanley, and a local builder William Streeton and presented to the newly appointed Bishop Robert Dunne in 1881. Plans shown to the bishop were prepared for both a stone and brick church costing £3800 and £3000 respectively, and from these Dunne decided to proceed with a stone church.
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