Murphy House, Parramatta

Historic site in New South Wales, Australia

33°48′33″S 151°00′12″E / 33.8091°S 151.0033°E / -33.8091; 151.0033Built1904–ArchitectJames Whitmore HillOwnerTrustees of the Roman Catholic Church

New South Wales Heritage Register

Official nameMurphys House; St Patricks Cathedral Presbytery; Murphy HouseTypestate heritage (complex / group)Designated2 April 1999Reference no.238TypeChurchyardCategoryReligionBuildersA.E. Gould

Location of Murphy House in Sydney

Murphy House is a heritage-listed former residence at 1 Marist Place, Parramatta, City of Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by James Whitmore Hill and built from 1904 by A. E. Gould. It is also known as St Patrick's Cathedral Presbytery and Murphy's House. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.^[1]

History

It was built in 1904 as the presbytery for St Patrick's Cathedral, opening on 27 November that year. It was built at a cost of £1000. It replaced an earlier presbytery that was in poor condition and had been derided as "insanitary", and which had been blamed for the death of the parish priest from typhoid earlier that year.^[2] The new presbytery was dedicated to the late priest, Rev. Father P. B. Murphy.^[3] It subsequently became known as Murphy House.^[4]

It continues to be used for church purposes.

Heritage listing

Murphy House was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Murphys House". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00238. Retrieved 1 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
^ "Parramatta's New Presbytery". Freeman's Journal. Vol. LV, no. 3437. New South Wales, Australia. 19 November 1904. p. 25. Retrieved 23 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Parramatta's New Presbytery". The Catholic Press. Vol. VIII, no. 429. New South Wales, Australia. 3 March 1904. p. 26. Retrieved 23 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Presbytery & Precinct". State Heritage Inventory. Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 23 August 2018.

Bibliography

Britton, G.; Lavelle, S. (1998). Conservation Plan for St. Patrick's Cathedral and Site Precinct, Parramatta.
Peter Freeman Pty Ltd (2003). Murphy House St Patricks Cathedral Precinct, Parramatta : conservation management plan.

Attribution

This Wikipedia article was originally based on Murphys House, entry number 00238 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 1 June 2018.