Heritage green (gothic style)

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Dan’s Thursday Doors

St Patrick’s Catholic Church South Grafton. The original church was built in 1867, destroyed by fire in 1913 and rebuilt in 1914.

The side door is rather ordinary. I am not sure whether it’s used except as an emergency exit. Should have a sign saying If the congregation is rockin’ Don’t bother knockin’

Now the front doors are something different
Only built in the early part of last century but in Gothic style. At that time a lot of houses were painted green, cream or red in a combination of the three, a lot of cream and green houses. Funnily enough, they were almost identical colours that the railways used at that time. The railway was a big employer and most blokes knew or had a mate who had a mate in the railway paint stores, if you get my drift of rumours.

So, a Gothic style building with Heritage Green doors. Wish someone would straighten that light though

In case you missed Silent Sunday a few weeks ago

29 thoughts on “Heritage green (gothic style)”

  6. Great doors, Brian. I love the notion of the “f the congregation is rockin’ Don’t bother knockin’” sign.

    I would fix the wonky light, and what happened to the hinges on the right side? I think that might drive my OCD a bit over the edge. I might sneak up one night and paint a set on (while fixing the light).

    I do like the side door, too.

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    1. Thanks Dan. There is a bit unbalanced to draw in 😂 I was surprised I hadn’t shown them previously. Walking past the other day and grabbed a couple of photos.

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  8. A splendid entrance, although it’s interesting having two single doors there rather than two doors opening to make one large entrance, as in the side doors. The missing hinges are strange, and the lights over both doors seem off. Maybe the electrician had one leg shorter than the other.

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    1. I know, The church is only open when needed so I will need to be in town at the right time to investigate more especially the hinges. The electrician could be a bloke who lives down the road. He had a horrible motorbike accident and has one arm that works and the other arm not as well, so maybe he was doing the lights

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