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Former St Andrew's Presbyterian Church

Other Name Uniting Church Location 115-117 Hare Street,, ECHUCA VIC 3564 - Property No B4943 File Number B4943 Level State

[1/1] B4943 Former Presbyterian

Statement of Significance

A coarse but striking picturesque church of 1901 by the local engineer and architect A E Castles, the boldness of which derives from the elevation of the nave above a Sunday School, requiring access by an impressive flight of stairs; the projection of the polygonal organ chamber on the north side; the stepped buttresses; the machiciolated and embattled capping of the tower; the steep and ornamentally slated octagonal spire; the corbie steeping of the major and the minor gables; the contrast of the brick carcase with cement dressings and glazed tilework; and the conspicuousness of the building in the flat terrain of Echuca. The use of brickwork, and especially the steeped corbels, indicate the continuing influence in the locality of the Bendigo architect W C Vahland.
Classified:25/11/1982
Revised: Classified State 3/8/98
Part of Historic Area Classified: 07/07/1969.