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Former Congregational Church

Other Names Uniting Church ,  Holy Trinity & St Nicholas Location 72 Inkerman Street & Cnr Hotham Street, ST KILDA EAST VIC 3183 - Property No B5966 File Number B5966 Level State

[1/3] B5966 St Kilda East [2/3] B5966 St Kilda East [3/3] B5966 Uniting Church & Organ

Statement of Significance

A late polychrome brick church with stone dressings built in 1887-8 to the design of Hillson Beasley and John Little, but remaining without the intended spire, apse, vestries and fleche. The building comprises a nave, transepts placed beneath double transverse gables and an octagonal turret to the north-west; it is of interest for its attractive use of brickwork interspersed with stone. The interior has been subdivided by a partition closing off the transepts. Originally there was a delightful pipe organ built by George Fincham in the 1860s in an elegant case with fretwork panels, cornice and diapered pipes, since sold to private ownership..
Classified: 13/07/1989