1899 - All Saints Anglican Church - Nowra, NSW, Australia
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Grahame Cookie
S 34° 52.704 E 150° 35.969
56H E 280602 N 6137812
On the northern side of All Saints Anglican Church is the Foundation Stone.
Waymark Code: WMY2PR
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 04/08/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote
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At the eastern end of the main body of the Church, is a red-brown speckled, polished granite Foundation Stone, which reads:

      TO THE GLORY OF GOD
     THIS FOUNDATION STONE
	  WAS LAID BY
 HIS EXCELLENCY THE RIGHT HON.
WILLIAM EARL BEAUCHAMP K.C.M.G.
       22ND AUGUST 1899

From the Australian Heritage Database, there is just a scant description of this Church:
"A brick church in the Federation Gothic style, with a slate roof and rendered trims, built in 1900. There is a stone and timber lychgate diagonally across the Corner of Plunket and Berry streets."
Plunket Street Precinct, Nowra, NSW

Address: 70 Plunket Street, Nowra, NSW, 2541, Australia

Visited: 0847 Monday, 2 October, 2017

Year of construction: 1899

Cross-listed waymark: [Web Link]

Full inscription:
      TO THE GLORY OF GOD
     THIS FOUNDATION STONE
	  WAS LAID BY
 HIS EXCELLENCY THE RIGHT HON.
WILLIAM EARL BEAUCHAMP K.C.M.G.
       22ND AUGUST 1899


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