St. Peters Lutheran Church, 25 Scallan Street, STAWELL

St. Peter's Lutheran Church, 25 Scallan Street, Stawell, makes a significant contribution to the local streetscape. Visually connected to the Baptist and St. Matthew's Anglican Churches in Scallan Street, this Church building was constructed in 1874 to a design by the Rev. J.G. Wilson for the English Congregational Church. In 1957, the Church was acquired by the local Lutheran Church.

St. Peter's Lutheran Church is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a rudimentary Victorian Gothic Revival style. These qualities include the parapeted gable roof form clad in corrugated iron, rendered brick wall construction, main gable end identified by the large lancet window having stylised leadlighting and the projecting minor porch gable. Other intact qualities include the lancet windows, freestone drip moulds, gable corbelling and sills (all recently overpainted), buttresses, trefoil gable ventilator, pointed stylised leadlight windows, granite wall base (recently overpainted), and the cast iron wall tie plates. There are also internal features that contribute to the significance of the place. These features include the plain appearance, timber dado walls, timber seating and other furniture and fixtures, and the pipe organ built by William Hill in 1859.

St. Peter's Lutheran Church is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the development of the Congregational Church in Stawell from 1874, when the Church building was constructed, having been designed and supervised by the Rev. J.G. Wilson. The Church was the first building to be lit by gas in Stawell. The Church also has associations with St. Peter's Lutheran Church, the Lutheran congregation having acquired the building in 1958 after the closure of the Congregational Church. The building continues to function as St. Peter's Lutheran Church to the present day (2004).

St. Peter's Lutheran Church is scientifically significant at a LOCAL level. The pipe organ built by William Hill in 1859 represents a rare surviving example of 19th century organ construction. The Hill Pipe Organ is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.

St. Peter's Lutheran Church is socially significant at a LOCAL level. It is recognised and highly valued by the Stawell Lutheran community for religious and cultural reasons. 

Overall, St. Peter's Lutheran Church is of LOCAL significance.