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  • Dark brick building with contrasting white ornamentation. At ground level are three arched doorways. The main entrance is the middle doorway, which is framed by a portico supported on each side by two columns. Above the main entrance is a round stained glass window. On either side of the round window is an arched window.

    Sacred Heart Catholic Church St Kilda c1980s

Historical information

The church was opened and dedicated on 7/12/1884, and completed in 1922. http://skhs.org.au/SKHSchurches/Sacred%20Heart%20Church.htm

Significance

The church is of architectural significance due to its Italian Renaissance Baroque Style, with red bricks, cement dressings and a slate roof. It indicated the abandonment of the Gothic Revival style favoured by Victoria's Roman Catholics and set the new style for subsequent Roman Catholic churches in Victoria. It was designed by Reed, Henderson & Smart.

Physical description

Black and white photograph, unmounted

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