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Former Wesleyan Methodist Church & Organ

Other Name Uniting Church Location Central Springs Road,, DAYLESFORD VIC 3460 - Property No B5414 File Number B5414 Level Regional

[1/1] B5414 Uniting Church & Organ

Statement of Significance

Church Statement of Significance: A complex of buildings designed by Crouch & Wilson, including a sandstone chapel of 1861 and substantial brick church of 1865, with diapered front, exceptional at this date. It comprises nave and aisles with no clerestory and a brick spire to the south-west, one of only three such spires known in Victoria. The pipe organ was installed in 1888 by Willian Anderson and retains its diapered facade.
Church Classified: 29/09/1983
Organ Statement of Significance: A two-manual organ of 14 speaking stops built in 1888 by the Melbourne organbuilder William Anderson and remaining unaltered. The instrument retains its original action, console with sloping jambs, pipework and case incorporating ornately diapered pipes. It is a substantial and rare example of Anderson's larger work remaining intact and is his only instrument in western Victoria.
Organ Classified: 'State' 16/02/1994