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Former Wesleyan Methodist Church Complex

Other Names Methodist Church ,  Auburn Uniting Church Location 81 Oxley Road, (cnr Hepburn Street), HAWTHORN VIC 3122 - Property No B4167 File Number B4167 Level Regional

[1/1] B4167 Wesleyan Church Complex

Statement of Significance

A veritable cathedral of Victorian Wesleyanism in which the brilliant young architect Alfred Dunn reinterpreted the Lombardic design of the Independent Church, Collins Street, in American Romanesque and using deep red and brown brickwork. The building was recognised as the finest Wesleyan church in Victoria, and the school and parsonage, while simpler, are also substantial, of the same materials and sympathetic in style. All of this reflects the position of the Hawthorn circuit as the largest in Victoria.
Classified: 05/03/1987