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Former Wesleyan Methodist Church, Sunday School & Organ

Other Name Uniting Church Location Cnr Daly and Wilson Streets,, LONG GULLY VIC 3550 - Property No B2404 File Number B2404 Level Regional

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Statement of Significance

Church Statement of Significance: A major group by the Bendigo architects Vahland & Getzschmann, comprising a Romanesque Sunday School of 1865 and a very distinctive church of 1877 with exterior polychrome detailing. The interior of the church, which focuses upon a pulpit, a choir gallery and a delightful organ by Alfred Fuller of Kew, is distinguished by lofty aisles, cast iron columns and a very shallow clerestory, which conveys the effect of a hall church in the German tradition.
Church Classified: 25/04/74

Organ Statement of Significance:A two-manual organ of 15 stops built in 1882 by Alfred Fuller, of Kew, and enlarged in 1904 by B C Pentreath, of Bendigo, who provided new slider windchests and several additional stops. The organ is well-sited on a large gallery and has a particularly attractive painted case with diapered facade pipes. The hydraulic blowing engine survives in situ in a cupboard opening off the rear porch. The instrument is one of Fuller's most outstanding surviving works and is an instrument of considerable tonal distinction.
Organ Classified: 'State' 19/10/89.