One-hundred-and-seventy years of religious and social history at East Maitland is about to listed on the State Heritage Register.
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The Anglican Diocese of Newcastle applied to Department of Environment and Heritage to consider St Peter’s Anglican Church for heritage listing, and the department in turn recommended the Glebe Gully Burial Ground be included. The application, to be endorsed by Maitland City Council tomorrow night, includes the Williams Street avenue between Brisbane Street and the New England Highway.
MCC heritage officer and report author Clare James said these assets were collectively a major slab of Maitland’s heritage and a cornerstone of history.
“The group, including the Glebe Gully Burial Ground, forms a collection with an ability to demonstrate historical, technical, social cultural heritage values spanning 170 years of religious, educational and social life within the Anglican and wider communities,” she said.
The application stresses the importance of the planning axis of William Street laid out by Sir Thomas Mitchell in 1829.
“The strong visual connection between the church, courthouse and jail provides a tangible demonstration of the interaction of church and state in colonial days.”
The State Heritage Register listing will afford the assets greater protection and the owners access to state and federal funding for their conservation.
The burial ground was listed as a state significant heritage item under Maitland Land and Environment Planning 1993.
The Anglican diocese commissioned a conservation management plan in 2010 for St Peter’s Church. MCC will retain ownership of Williams Street and the Glebe Gully Burial Ground.