Saturday, 19 April 2014

Arncliffe, St Francis Xavier’s Convent

The former St Francis Xavier’s Convent is located along Forest Road, in the southern suburb of Arncliffe. It was built in the late 1800s in the Victorian Italianate architectural style as a house for surveyor James Parish and known as "Mintaville". The Sisters of the Order of St Joseph bought it in 1910 for use as a covent. The Catholic church purchased part of the land in 1911 to build the adjacent church and school along Forest Road, which I featured over the last two days.
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22 comments:

  1. DeniseinVASaturday, 19 April 2014 at 02:00:00 GMT+10

    A lovely photo of a beautiful building!

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  2. TexWisGirlSaturday, 19 April 2014 at 10:03:00 GMT+10

    it's a beauty! do PLEASE link this up next thursday! feel free to link in with a second post, too! i leave it open for a day and a half. it opens 5:30 a.m. texas (central) time, so i think that would be thurs. evening for you.

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    1. JimSaturday, 19 April 2014 at 10:07:00 GMT+10

      Thanks, TexWisGirl. I'll try and remember to link up next week.

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  3. HelsSaturday, 19 April 2014 at 12:10:00 GMT+10

    No wonder it looks attractive.... it was built in the late 1800s as a private house. I think if it was initially built as a convent, the poor old nuns wouldn't have had such lovely late Victorian architecture.

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  4. diane bSaturday, 19 April 2014 at 20:30:00 GMT+10

    A Beautiful old building.

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  5. Magical Mystical TeacherTuesday, 22 April 2014 at 23:42:00 GMT+10

    Lovely rusty reds, Jim!

    Red Hot Chile Pepper

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  6. Ruth KellyWednesday, 23 April 2014 at 03:21:00 GMT+10

    Tis a lovely building.

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  7. Lina GustinaWednesday, 23 April 2014 at 04:49:00 GMT+10

    Wonderful building!
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  8. AnonymousThursday, 24 April 2014 at 22:58:00 GMT+10

    A lovely wrought iron fence and beautiful building!
    ~Lindy

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  9. TexWisGirlThursday, 24 April 2014 at 23:05:00 GMT+10

    thank you so much!!

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  10. Margaret Birding For PleasureFriday, 25 April 2014 at 00:27:00 GMT+10

    Hi Jim Looks a lovely building with a great fence.

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  11. 21 WitsFriday, 25 April 2014 at 00:52:00 GMT+10

    Stunning! What an amazing place that is!

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  12. KarenFriday, 25 April 2014 at 01:35:00 GMT+10

    A gorgeous old building, with beautiful ornate fencing.

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  13. RedPatFriday, 25 April 2014 at 03:06:00 GMT+10

    Love all that gingerbread! And a great fence!

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  14. ellen b.Friday, 25 April 2014 at 07:01:00 GMT+10

    That fence matches the structure for sure. Very nice.

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  15. eileeninmdFriday, 25 April 2014 at 09:24:00 GMT+10

    It is a pretty building and a nice fence! Great shot!

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  16. IdaFriday, 25 April 2014 at 15:14:00 GMT+10

    Beautiful building the convent is located in and all the wonderful scroll work on the fence is beautiful.

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  17. TomSunday, 19 June 2016 at 10:10:00 GMT+10

    lovely detail

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  18. ellen b.Sunday, 19 June 2016 at 10:28:00 GMT+10

    Beautiful. Love all the scrolling detail.

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  19. Tony McGurkSunday, 19 June 2016 at 20:26:00 GMT+10

    I really like the style of the architecture Jim. Especially those lovely bay windows.

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  20. Jackie McGuinnessSunday, 19 June 2016 at 22:12:00 GMT+10

    Gorgeous building.

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  21. UnknownFriday, 21 August 2020 at 12:10:00 GMT+10

    James Parish was my great great grandfather and his wife, Annie Minta Parish, is the person the house is named for. The name Minta was passed down through the generations. Both my grandmother (Doris Minta Parish) and her niece (Jeanne Minta Parish) had the name Minta as their second name.

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