ASCOT VALE BAPTIST CHURCH

Location

45-49 EGLINTON STREET, MOONEE PONDS, MOONEE VALLEY CITY

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The Ascot Vale Baptist Church, 45-49 Eglinton Street, Ascot Vale built in 1910-11 by the architect and builder G.F. Ballantyne is significant.

The hall and later alterations and additions to the church and hall are not significant.

How is it significant?
The Ascot Vale Baptist Church is of local historic, architectural and aesthetic significance to the City of Moonee Valley.

Why is it significant?
It is historically important (Criterion A) as the centre of Baptist worship in the area since 1911.

It is of architectural and aesthetic importance as a prominent Edwardian Free Style Church, which may be compared with the contemporary and later work of architect Robert Haddon. (Criterion D & E)

Group

Religion

Category

Church