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12 Ripon Grove

Other Name Former Third Church of Christ Scientist" Melbourne Location 12 Ripon Grove ELSTERNWICK, Glen Eira City Level Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/1] 12 Ripon Grove Elsternwick,

Statement of Significance

The former Third Church Scientist Melbourne church at 12 Ripon Grove has architectural and social importance. Its architectural importance is derived from its survival as a highly sophisticated example of the Italian Romanesque Revival Style popularised in the United States during the Inter war period and exploited by architects Williams and Cockerell, presumably on account of the Christian Science Movement's origins in the United States. Its social value rests on the building's ability to demonstrate the growth in the Christian Science Movement at that time, its cultural origins and its place in the religious life of the locality.