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Former Congregational Church & Organ

Other Names Uniting Church ,  Ballarat Christian Fellowship Church and Hall Location cnr Mair & Dawson Streets,, BALLARAT CENTRAL VIC 3350 - Property No B3567 File Number B3567 Level Local

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Statement of Significance

Church Statement of Significance:
A brick church of 1881, designed by Caselli & Figgis in an extraordinary eclectic composition and a prevailing style thought at the time to be Belgian gothic. The focal point of the exterior is a large octagonal corner turret with extremely elaborate statuary niches (empty) at every angle. The entrance front is distinguished by a very richly carved wheel window with an ogee profile hood mould. Other notable features include cream brick parapets with red quatrefoils; blind arcading on the tower; an arcaded corbel table and lush foliated capitals more art-nouveau than Corinthianesque. The interior is designed as an auditorium with raking floor and partial gallery at the rear. Cast iron columns incorporate cylindrical Tobin tube ventilators. Originally intended to be three bays long, the church was completed to its present form by Molloy and Chandler in 1906. The iron palisade fence with its domed posts and lamp arch over the gates is also included in the classification. Now Ballarat Christian Fellowship Church and Hall.
Classified:13/07/1989