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St James’ was constructed between 1819 and 1824 using convict labour. It was designed by the convict Francis Greenway and retains the external character of a Georgian town church.
Further changes were made in 1894 and from 1904 to 1907. It is part of a surviving group of Macquarie period buildings in Australia. The building is now listed on the Register of the National Estate.
ARC was engaged by the builder to restore the copper spire, lead work & rain water goods as well as restore the original 190 year old cross & orb at the top of the spire that was hand beaten by convicts from copper taken from merchant ships.
It was a great honour for the ARC team to be involved with this very important project and we thank the builder, Greg & Lester from The Sydney Restoration Co. & Letizia from Design 5 architects for involving us.
The restorations works also won the National Trust award and also the Australian Institute of Architects Greenway award for heritage architecture.