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UNITING CHURCH (FORMER)

Other Name SECOND COLLECTION Location 7098 PRINCES HIGHWAY, TYRENDARRA, GLENELG SHIRE Level Recommended for Heritage Overlay

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Statement of Significance

What is Significant?
The Uniting Church, Princes Highway, Tyrendarra was built as a Methodist Church in 1961. The builder was B. England and the Church secretary who took possession was Gordon Dyson. The first Minister to serve the Tyrendarra district after the Second World War was Rev. Doug Risstrom. The church is located about 16.5km south-east of Heywood and 22.0km north-east of Portland. The church is a simple four bay structure, built of Mount Gambier stone with a large amber-coloured glass window in the south wall facing the Highway. It is a modest ecclesiastical interpretation of late twentieth century Structuralism, with some suggestion of the Gothic style and domestic architecture. The latter quality is enhanced by the present garden. It was de-commissioned in the 1990s and converted into an antique shop and cafe. The building retains a high degree of integrity externally. It is in good condition.

How is it significant?
The former Tyrendarra Uniting Church is of historical, social and architectural significance to the Glenelg Shire.

Why is it Significant?
The Former Uniting Church is of historical significance as a late example of the importance of Methodist and subsequently Uniting Church faith in the Tyrendarra area from the 1960s. The church is of social significance to the community of Tyrendarra as the focus for the Methodists settled in the area in the later twentieth century. It is of architectural significance as a simple example of the Modernist style, used to express religious values.