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St Mark The Evangelist (St Marks), Cygnet, Tasmania
St Mark The Evangelist (St Marks), Cygnet, Tasmania
№377

St Mark The Evangelist (St Marks)

Cygnet, Tasmania

St Mark's foundation stone was laid on the 4th May 1874 by the Reverend Thomas Stansfield, Bishop of Tasmania. The church was dedicated in 1876 at a cost of £208. October 1894 additions...

Denomination
Anglican
Region
South
Year Built
1874
Architectural Style
Church
Heritage Status
Heritage listed

Overview

St Mark's foundation stone was laid on the 4th May 1874 by the Reverend Thomas Stansfield, Bishop of Tasmania. The church was dedicated in 1876 at a cost of £208.

October 1894 additions were made and the church consecrated. In 1913 further additions were made. Later a vestry was dedicated as a memorial to the Lymington church had been destroyed by fire, the memorial reads

*To The Glory of God

*

*in Memory of

*

*Kate Elizabeth Atkins

*

This foundation stone of

*All Saints

Church was laid on March 17th 1923

*

*by the Right Rev.

Robert Snowden Hay

*

Bishop of Tasmania

History

  1. 1874-05-04

    foundation stone laid for St Mark's

    built
  2. 1876

    St Mark's dedicated

    dedicated
  3. 1894-10

    St Mark's consecrated

    consecrated
  4. 1894-10

    additions made to St Mark's

    extended
  5. 1913

    further additions made to St Mark's

    extended
  6. after 1913

    vestry dedicated as a memorial

    dedicated
  7. 1923-03-17

    foundation stone laid for All Saints Church

    built

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References

  1. Geoffrey Stephens, The Anglican Church in Tasmania : a diocesan history to mark the sesquicentenary : 1992, Hobart, 1991, p. 96Tasmanian Pictorial Church Index

Links

  • Church Celebrations at Cygnet (1936, May 18). The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.: 1860 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved January 19, 2019

    Tasmanian Pictorial Church Index

  • Port Cygnet (1874, May 07). The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.: 1860 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved January 19, 2019

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Quick Facts

Church Number
№377
Denomination
Anglican
Region
South
Year Built
1874
Church Status
Still in use
Heritage Status
Heritage listed
Address
22-24 George Street, Cygnet TAS 7112
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Address

22-24 George Street, Cygnet TAS 7112

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