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Church of Christ, 38 Alma Street, ST ARNAUD
Location38 Alma Street ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE LevelRecommended for Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
The Church of Christ building, 38 Alma Street, St Arnaud, makes a significant contribution to the single storey, modestly scaled residential streetscapes of Alma Street between Canterbury and McMahon Streets and of Queens Avenue. This Church was constructed in 1930, after the first Church built in 1908 was destroyed by fire in 1929. The Church of Christ building is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of an Inter-War Carpenter Gothic style. These qualities include the single storey height, the asymmetrical composition, the simple gable roof form that traverses the site, together with a minor porch gable which projects at the side and a gable that extends from the main roof line. Other intact qualities include the lapped galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, the horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, the series of galvanised ventilation stacks along the ridgeline of the main roof, the timber framed double hung windows with pointed glazing composed in banks of three and singularly, the double pointed v-jointed timber door, the timber finials to the gables and the gable infill (battening, panelling and ventilators). The Church of Christ is historically significant at a LOCAL level. The site is associated with the early development of the Church in St Arnaud from 1904, and this building is associated with the development of the Church from the late 1920s until the present day. The Church of Christ is socially significant at a LOCAL level. It is highly valued and recognised by the St. Arnaud community for religious reasons. Overall, the Church of Christ is of LOCAL significance.
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Religion
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Church