Former St Andrew's Presbyterian Church - Mortlake Historic Area

A satisfyingly crisp bluestone building of 1861-2, described at the time as "a perfect model of a country church", but now defaced by the replacement of the bell-cote.
Classified: 02/05/1968
Historic Area Statement of Significance: The significance of the Shaw Street precinct derives from its group of nineteenth century bluestone buildings which were erected predominantly for civic or commerical use. They reflect an important phase of Mortlake's urban development in the two decades of the 1860s and 1870s. This was a period when the region's rural economy was consolidating and stabilising after the expansion of the squatting and gold eras.
Also of significance is the fact that the integrity of the precinct reflects the availability of public land as a result of a layout found in only three towns in Victoria and representative of a town plan widely used in South Australia, with its separation of town centre and suburbs by an area of public parkland.
Classified: 04/07/1988.

Group

Religion

Category

Church