St Patrick’s Presbytery

Freo Today. 15 April 2026. St. Patrick’s Basilica and Presbytery in Adelaide Street, Fremantle are well known Freo landmarks. Together they are listed as a combined place on the State Heritage Register. Here we feature St Patrick’s Presbytery, that often gets missed while eyes focus in the adjacent Basilica. The heritage listing says of them: ‘a rusticated limestone basilica with parapeted gable and flying buttresses, and a double storey brick and stucco presbytery with wide verandahs on each side, has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons:
the place has a close association with the Oblate order and the establishment of their order in Fremantle 100 years ago [1894];
the place is a landmark in the northern approach to the City of Fremantle and contributes to the streetscape qualities of Adelaide Street; the place was designed by the noted architect Michael Cavanagh’. As to the Presbytery itself, the entry reads: ‘St. Patrick’s Presbytery exhibits a high degree of internal design integrity and defines the corner of Quarry, Adelaide and Parry Streets, Fremantle.’ The Basilica was completed in 1900 and the Presbytery in 1916.