St James' Anglican Church, Morpeth
St James' Anglican Church was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 27 January 2017 having satisfied the following criteria.
St James' Anglican Church, Morpeth
The completion of the roof, described by Professor A. P. Elkin as "a thrilling conception and a most remarkable feature", did much to alter St. James' from a rustic place of worship to a Parish Church in the traditional sense. The roof design, which has been described as a radical departure from his customary unadorned "as from saw" construction, appears to have been intended to impress Bishop Tyrrell, and was inspired by that of St. Wendreda's, March, Cambridgeshire, although Hunt did not seek to replicate its exact detail. Hunt also designed hammerbeam truss roofs for All Saints', Hunters Hill and for the Cathedral of Christ the King, Grafton, although these are not so delicately executed as that at St. James'. The nave was dedicated in December 1875. The completion of the works was commemorated in the relaying of the foundation stone. This ceremony, like the first, was undertaken by Edward Close Jnr. After the death of Bishop Tyrrell in 1879, a brass lectern in the church, modelled on the Eagle of St. John's gospel, was dedicated to his memory.