Kingston, TAS - St Clements Anglican

Year Built: 1894

Denomination: Anglican

Saint: Clement

Address: Corner Channel Highway & Beach Street, Kingston, Tasmania, 7051

Architect: George Fagg

Traditional Owners: Palawa people

Last Updated: 09/11/2023

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History and Architecture:

The original timber church was built from huon pine in 1874. The distinctive church spire, which has a weather cock rather than a crucifix, was installed to celebrate the fact the debts incurred in building the church had finally been paid off.

The first church was designed by James Blackburn and was dedicated in October 1852. It was consecrated in December 1856. It was repaired in 1890 but by 1892 it was falling down, so it was pulled down. A new church of wood, designed by George Fagg, was built and opened in 1894 and consecrated in February 1895. The choir and vestry were added in 1963.

Clergy:

1928

Years	Name	Annotation	D.o.B	D.o.D
1843 -	Rev Edward Freeman	approx start date	1808	1886
1870 - 1870	Rev Frederick Thomas Ashhurst	Curate	1828	1870
1870 -	Rev Joseph Clampett		1824	1896
1884 - 1889	Rev Ambrose Pollard		1853	1933
1889 - 1894	Rev John William Geiss	Locum	1852	1906
1891 -	Mr Robert Jocelyn De Coetlogan	Lay Reader	1862	1939
1893 - 1896	Rev Robert Jocelyn De Coetlogan	Curate	1862	1939
1895 - 1905	Dean Samuel Bucknell		1849	1903
1889 - 1894	Rev John William Geiss	Locum	1852	1906
1897 - 1900	Rev Herbert Howlett Vale		1857	1906
1900 - 1901	Rev John William L'Oste		1830	1926
1907 - 1908	Rev John Gray		1844	1918
1923 - 1928	Rev William Alfred Best	Curate	1868	1941
1925 - 1926	Rev Clement Allen	Locum	1871	1945
1928 - 1934	Rev Zenas Albert Higgins		1876	1946
1934 - 1936	Rev Alfred Edwin Biggs		1893	1974
1943 - 1945	Rev George John Baxter		1892	1960
1963 - 1971	Rev John Edward Atkins		1907	1978
2020 -	Rev Peter Adlem
2020 -	Rev Greg Foot	Asst

Organ:

No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.

Source:

1. The Anglican Church in Tasmania, A Diocesan history to mark the Sesquicentenary 1992 by Geoffrey Stephens
2. Cable Clergy Index.