Garden Island Naval Chapel
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The Garden Island Naval Chapel is a heritage-listed non-denominational Christian chapel located in the heritage-listed Garden Island Naval Precinct that comprises a naval base and dockyard in the inner eastern Sydney suburb of Garden Island in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia.
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Garden Island Naval Chapel | |
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Location in Sydney | |
33°51′44.5″S 151°13′40.8″E | |
Location | Cowper Wharf Roadway, Garden Island, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Country | Australia |
Denomination | Non-denominational |
History | |
Status | Chapel |
Founded | 1902 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | James Barnet |
Architectural type | Chapel |
Style | Victorian Italianate |
Years built |
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Official name | Rigging Shed and Chapel, Riggers La, Garden Island, NSW, Australia |
Type | Historic listed place |
Designated | 22 June 2004 |
Reference no. | 105288 |
Official name | Rigging Shed and Chapel, Riggers La, Garden Island, NSW, Australia |
Type | Historic (defunct register) |
Designated | 21 October 1980 |
Delisted | Defunct register |
Reference no. | 2173 |
Official name | Sydney Harbour Naval Precinct |
Type | State heritage (landscape, built) |
Designated | 12 November 2004 |
Reference no. | 5055190 |
Housed in a building designed by James Barnet and built between 1886 and 1887, the chapel was established in 1902 after conversion from the former sail loft and is the oldest Christian chapel of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)[1] and has stained glass windows and plaques from that era to the present. The chapel was added to the Commonwealth Heritage List on 22 June 2004[2][3] and the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 12 November 2004.[1]
The building is the oldest on Garden Island, two-storey, built of stuccoed brick with stone sills, arches and columns. The original loft floor of timber remains, caulked with oakum and bitumen.