TEMPLESTOWE UNITING CHURCH COMPLEX

The Templestowe Uniting Church complex, comprising the original Presbyterian Church constructed c.1895 and the 1962 designed by the Office of Keith Reid, and the associated mature trees at Atkinson Street, Templestowe.

How is it Significant?

The Templestowe Uniting Church complex is of local historic, social and aesthetic significance to Manningham City.

Why is it Significant?

The Templestowe Uniting Church complex has historic significance as the two churches provide evidence of two key phases in the development of Templestowe: the initial settlement during the late nineteenth century and the suburban development of the post-war period. The c.1895 church is also significant as one of just six surviving nineteenth-century buildings in the Templestowe township. The 1962 church is significant as an example of the work of the office of noted architects, Keith Reid and Associates. (RNE criteria A.4, B.2, D.2 & H.1)

The Templestowe Uniting Church complex has social significance as it has played an important role in the development of the Templestowe community over a one hundred year period. (RNE criterion G.1)

The 1962 Templestowe Uniting Church has aesthetic (architectural) significance, possibly at a State level, as a particularly early and finely detailed neo-brutalist building by an architectural office that subsequently demonstrated a consistent approach to design in this manner in the municipality. (RNE criterion E.1)

Group

Religion

Category

Church