UNITING CHURCH (SECOND WESLEYAN METHODIST CHAPEL)

Location

512A SYDNEY ROAD, and BELL STREET, COBURG, MORELAND CITY

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, now the Uniting Church, is included on the Victorian Heritage Register (H0962) as a place of State significance. Please refer to the VHR citation for the statement of significance. The local statement of significance is as follows:

The Uniting Church, formerly the second Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, is of state historical and architectural significance. It is a rare example of uncoursed irregular bluestone construction in Melbourne and it is one of the an earliest churches on Melbourne's vital northern route, Sydney Road. This significance is enhanced by its association with an important architect, T J Crouch, and by its position within the surviving 19th century Wesleyan Methodist complex.

Group

Religion

Category

Church