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Former Independent Church

Other Name St Michael's Uniting Church Location 122-136 Collins Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B2351 File Number B2351 Level State

[1/1] B2351 former Independent

Statement of Significance

The earliest church in Victoria to be built in a Lombardic Romanesque style, designed by Reed and Barnes, and erected in 1866-67. The polychrome brick exterior, with tall campanile to the south-west, is especially notable. The galleried interior is of amphitheatrical form focussing upon pulpit and organ and designed for acoustic effect.
The building exerted a highly formative influence on subsequent polychrome church work and, together with Reed's Lombardic style houses, on polychrome architecture generally in Victoria.
Classified: 19/03/1970