7 September 2017:
#HorsfallChapel at #TrinityCollegeMelbourne, a great, possibly the best, and very early #ArtsandCraftsstyle Gothic church in Victoria. Designed principally by Alexander North of #NorthandWilliams, built 1912-1917. Love the simplified Gothic, slightly tapered solid forms in brick, with the main window occupying much of the facade. The junior partner #LouisWilliams went on to design many churches right into the 60s often repeating this general format. (Side note, I didn’t know it had a name other than Trinity College Chapel, but apparently Mr Horsfall, a partner of the great wool company #GoldsboroughMort ‘reluctantly’ donated many $ for its construction, in return for his nephew being admitted. Also, surprised it’s not on the Heritage Register). The interior is great, though without the lights on rather gloomy, and has a low brick bridge supporting a huge organ plonked in the middle separating the (short) ‘nave’ seating from the (long) choir and sanctuary (where I’m standing).
Updates 2024: the organ has changed a lot – first one installed in 1923 on the bridge, then rebuilt on either side in 1959, replaced in 1907, then in July 2021 was removed to be reinstalled on either side, a much better idea ! B&W pic from last time it was spilt, then a pic with no organ from the Trinity Facebook page, and some of the organ from the fb page of Australian Pipe Organs who did the work, completed in 2022.
8 September 2017
The first building of Trinity College at the University of Melbourne was built in 1872, and designed by Leonard Terry. It’s sort of #GothicRevival, but really severely medieval revival, a large stone volume, with relatively small round headed windows, only one actual Gothic pointed arched one on this west side. The south side, pic 3, not mine, has more clearly Gothic bits. Leonard Terry was doing very fine Classical banks at the same time. At first I thought it was maybe 20s medieval, it’s so unlike any other 19thC gothic revival building in Victoria, usually a lot more elaborate. Update : just realised despite being the earliest College building, in a very notable style, it’s not on the VHR, whereas the whole of Janet Clarke Hall to the north is (1891-1950s), while the Chapel and main quad have a local HO, but this building doesn’t have one of those either, rather odd. But I’m sure not in any danger.
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