History » St Ignatius' Church

St Ignatius' Church in Richmond, Victoria, Australia is a fine example of nineteenth-century gothic revival.

The building occupies a commanding site on Richmond Hill, a circumstance which allows the building to be admired from many vantage points. It combines an impressive solidity with a lightness deriving from its soaring vertical lines; on the exterior the building is seen to best advantage in a strong light, when deep and sharp-cut shadow emphasises the complexities of the intersecting lines of roof, arch and buttress.

A like light shows to advantage the usual exterior sculptured features such as the capitals of the columns enframing the portals.

• A Church is Built
  • Stages in Building
  • The Architecture
  • Materials & Dimensions
• Church Furnishings
  • The Altars
  • The Statuary
  • The Paintings
  • The Organ
• Church Windows
  • The East End
  • The East Wall
  • The North Wall
  • The Lady Chapel
• Apse Chapels
  • The Chapel of St Joseph
  • The Chapel of The Sacred Heart
  • The Chapel of St Ignatius
  • Sanctuary Clerestory