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WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH (FORMER)

Other Name

Greek Orthodox Church

Location

Yann Street PRESTON, Darebin City

File Number

Darebin Database #142

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

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City of Darebin Heritage
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City of Darebin Heritage

Statement of Significance

The former Wesleyan Methodist Church is of local architectural and historical significance.

The third Wesleyan Methodist church to be built in South Preston in a period of thirty years, the construction in 1888-9 of the Yann Street church is evidence of the strength and social importance of the Wesleyan church in the Preston district as in other areas in the nineteenth century. The church has associations with J C Hutton, founder of what became one of the largest smallgoods manufacturers in Victoria.

Designed by the notable architect Alfred Dunn, the church is comparable with Dunn's contemporary Wesleyan church at Oxley Road, Hawthorn, recognised as the finest Wesleyan church in Victoria. While the use of Gothic style at Preston was more conservative than the American Romanesque and Lombardic styles used on the Hawthorn church, the compact and powerful massing is outstanding among Victorian churches.

Group

Religion