page_title: St John's, Ashfield
section_title: Land and buildings
hierarchical_section_title: St John's, Ashfield / Land and buildings
caption_attribution_description: English: The chancel of St. John the Baptist's Anglican Church, Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. This image shows the reredos hand carved by the early rector F. Wilkinson.
context_page_description: St John the Baptist Anglican Church is an active Anglican church located between Alt and Bland Streets, Ashfield, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 1840, on land donated by Elizabeth Underwood, the church building is the oldest authenticated surviving building in Ashfield, having been built at the time when subdivision increased the population density sufficiently to turn Ashfield into a town. It was also the first church built along the Parramatta Road which linked the early colonial towns of Sydney and Parramatta. The earliest remaining parts of the building are one of the first Sydney designs by the colonial architect Edmund Blacket, who later became renowned for his ecclesiastical architecture.
  The expansive church grounds contain a cemetery dating back to 1845 that contains the remains of many notable Ashfield residents. Australia's only memorial to Australian Air Force Cadets occupies a prominent position near the entrance to the church. The St John's site has been listed on the Local Environment Plan Heritage Schedule, and the Register of the National Trust of Australia.
caption: Chancel including the reredos hand-carved by Rev Wilkinson
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