BIBLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Location

1667 LYELL ROAD, REDESDALE - PROPERTY NUMBER 206271, GREATER BENDIGO CITY

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The former Bible Christian church built in 1875 is significant. 

How is it significant?
The former Bible Christian church is of local historical and aesthetic significance to the City of Greater Bendigo.

Why is it significant?
The former Bible Christian church is of historic significance for its association with the Bible Christian movement whose origins were in Cornwall and Devon and subsequently brought to Australia by Cornish immigrants to South Australia. The church is tangible evidence of the presence of the Bible Christian movement that was later to become a part of the broader Methodist Church. Criterion A

The former Bible Christian church is of aesthetic significance for its demonstration of the Primitive Gothic style, including the pitched roof, pointed arch windows porch and oculus. The church demonstrates the use of local materials in the form of bluestone from the local area. Criterion D

Group

Religion

Category

Church