ST STEPHEN'S ANGLICAN CHURCH

Other Name

St Stephen's Church of England

Location

108 HARGREAVES ROAD, EMU CREEK - PROPERTY NUMBER 190878, GREATER BENDIGO CITY

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
St Stephen's Anglican Church including all the 1888 fabric is significant. The toilets and Sunday School hall are not significant. 

How is it significant?
St Stephens's Anglican Church is of local historic, aesthetic and social significance to the City of Greater Bendigo. 

Why is it significant?
St Stephen's Anglican Church at Emu Creek is of historical significance for its association with the Anglican church, in particular Archdeacon MacCullagh of St Paul's Bendigo. St Stephen's is historically significant for its associations with the Fox, Beetson, Rundle, Dunn and Cook families whose efforts to secure land and funds, ensured the construction of the church. Criterion A

St Stephens is aesthetically significant as a work of the architect E.Mauermann, and contains some unusual variations in design such as the hipped roof forms of the porch and vestry and the square headed windows. Criterion B

St Stephen's is of social significance for the Emu Creek community as a place of continuous worship for over 100 years. Criterion G

Group

Religion

Category

Church