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Former St Stephen's Church of England & Organ

Other Name

St Stephen's Anglican Church

Location

360 Church Street,, RICHMOND VIC 3121 - Property No B2155

File Number

B2155

Level

State

[1/2]
B2155 St Stephan's Anglican
[2/2]
B2155 St Stephen's Church

Statement of Significance

Church Statement of Significance: One of Melbourne's earliest bluestone churches, of which the four bay nave of 1850-1 was designed by Newson & Blackburn. Other work, since largely reversed, was by Charles Webb in 1855-6, and Nathaniel Billing was responsible for the north aisle of 1863-4 and the south aisle and chancel between 1868 and 1876. The interior has since suffered deleterious alterations.
Classified: 16/07/1978
Revised: 11/11/1982

Organ Statement of Significance: The pipe organ built by J W Walker, London, in 1865 installed in St Stephen's Anglican Church, Richmond in 1869, is of historic importance both in an Australian and international context.
Very few major instruments of this period by J W Walker remain in relatively unaltered condition in either the UK or Australia; where it is the largest remaining example. Work has been undertaken on the instrument by the most imporant 19th century colonial organbuilder, George Fincham, who added two stops in 1890 and two more in 1908. At the time of the restoration work by J W Walker & Sons in 1963 the 1908 Gamba 8ft installed by Fincham was replaced by a Harmonic Piccolo 2ft.
Classified: 26/03/1981

Group

Religion