St Ignatius Roman Catholic Church and Convent is a heritage-listed Roman Catholic church and former convent at 3–7 Meek Street, Bourke, Bourke Shire, New South Wales, Australia. The property is owned by the Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes, and used by the Parish of Bourke. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.

History

St Ignatius Roman Catholic Church is the oldest documented building in Bourke, opening in April 1874.

St Ignatius Roman Catholic Church and Convent, Bourke

The wrought iron St Ignatius Convent building was built in 1896.

St Ignatius Roman Catholic Church and Convent, Bourke

In 2015, the convent and church received $150,000 in state government funding to return the convent to its 1924 state, remove inappropriate additions and balcony infill, and repair deteriorating woodwork, while weatherproofing both church and convent.

St Ignatius Roman Catholic Church and Convent, Bourke

Heritage listing

St Ignatius Roman Catholic Church and Convent was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.

See also

List of Roman Catholic churches in New South Wales

References

Attribution

External links

Bourke

Bourke, New South Wales

Roman Catholic churches in New South Wales

Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilcannia–Forbes

Articles incorporating text from the New South Wales State Heritage Register

Former convents in Australia

Roman Catholic churches completed in 1874

1874 establishments in Australia

Victorian architecture in New South Wales

Gothic Revival architecture in New South Wales

Gothic Revival church buildings in Australia

19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Australia

Victorian church buildings in Australia