
Holy Trinity
Beaconsfield, Tasmania
A new Church of England was built and opened for service in June 1878. It was built in 18 days, was a paling-lined building, at a cost of £70. The church served the West Tamar Goldfield...
- Denomination
- Anglican
- Region
- North
- Year Built
- 1878
- Architectural Style
- Church
- Heritage Status
- Heritage listed
Overview
A new Church of England was built and opened for service in June 1878. It was built in 18 days, was a paling-lined building, at a cost of £70. The church served the West Tamar Goldfield area.
In 1882 there were plans to enlarge the church.
The foundation stone for the present church was to be laid 2nd August 1907 by D Mercer, the Bishop of Tasmania. The service to be entitled The diminutiveness of man, what about the primitiveness of woman?
The new church was dedicated in June 1909 with the first service held on 7th June 1909. The architect was Mr. Alexander North, it was constructed of wood with a nice wooden interior. The church was reported to have the capacity to seat 300 people when completely finished. The cost to date was about £680. Special thanks was conveyed for the donation by the congregation and Rev. Barkway of a lectern, marble cross and bible.
A bell tower was finished in 1925, but rebuilt in 1964.
This church was on the 1997 Anglican rationalisation list, in 2018 it was removed from the list.
History
1878
Church built and opened for service
built1882
Plans to enlarge the church
extended1907-08-02
Foundation stone for the present church laid by Bishop D Mercer
consecrated1909-06-07
New church dedicated with first service held
dedicated1925
Bell tower finished
completed1964
Bell tower rebuilt
rebuilt1997
Church listed on the Anglican rationalisation list
2018
Church removed from the Anglican rationalisation list
Gallery
References
- Grubb Shaft Gold & Heritage Museum is now the Beaconsfield Mine & Heritage CentreTasmanian Pictorial Church Index
- Geoffrey Stephens, The Anglican Church in Tasmania : a diocesan history to mark the sesquicentenary : 1992, Hobart, 1991, p. 96Tasmanian Pictorial Church Index
Links
- Brandy Creek (1878, June 15). Weekly Examiner (Launceston, Tas.: 1872 - 1878), p. 21. Retrieved September 01, 2019
Tasmanian Pictorial Church Index
- Lloyd George Webb, Holy Trinity Beaconsfield 1971, State Library of Tasmania, LPIC33/1/11
Tasmanian Pictorial Church Index
- Beaconsfield Mine & Heritage Centre
Tasmanian Pictorial Church Index
Services
Removed from the 2018 sale list
Open
Not recorded
Address
175 Weld Street, Beaconsfield TAS 7270
Contact
Not recorded
Accessibility
Not recorded


