SCOTS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Scots Pioneer (former Presbyterian) Church constructed by George Gardner and opened on Easter Sunday, 16 April 1911, at 1191 Mardan Road, Mardan, is significant. It is a Federation Carpenter Gothic Church of typical design with a gabled nave, a small projecting porch with side timber doors, and an off-centre gabled vestry at the rear. The lancet windows are two-pane with hoppers and coloured glass, while the timber doors also have a lancet shape with pointed arch heads on the side of the porch. The exterior also features a stepped timber buttress defining three bays within the nave, simple tie beams to the gable ends and a finial on top of the main gable ends, and circular louvred vents at the gable ends. The roof houses a corbelled brick chimney near the vestry and Health Department vents at the gable ridge. 
There is also a corrugated iron and weatherboard gable building at the read of the property which is the former Sunday School and Hall. This has a simple timber entry door and louvred vent at the gable end. 
Non-original alterations are not significant.

Scots Pioneer (former Presbyterian) Church is of local historic, aesthetic and social significance to the South Gippsland Shire.

Historically, the construction of this church, which replaced an earlier building, is associated with the growth of Mardan district in the early twentieth century and reflects the high number of Scottish settlers in the area. (Criterion A) 
Aesthetically, it is a fine example of a Carpenter Gothic church with typical form and detailing including the steep pitched roof, gabled porch, and lancet windows and doors. Of note are the stepped buttresses. It is an historic landmark within the Mardan district. (Criterion E) 
It has social significance for its strong and enduring associations with the Mardan community through its use as a church for over 110 years. (Criterion G)