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175652

Fincham & Hobday Organ - Former Presbyterian Church

South Port Park Uniting Church

325 Dorcas Street,, SOUTH MELBOURNE VIC 3205 - Property No B4605

A two manual organ of 23 speaking stops built in 1891 by Fincham & Hobday, Richmond, at a cost of 895 pounds. In 1900, it was moved forward in its gallery and the console placed on the floor beneath, necessitating the installation of one of the longest actions of its type in Victoria. In 1985 the console was resited in the organ gallery and the extended actions removed; a major restoration was completed in 1996. This is one of the largest Fincham organs of its period to survive ... more

B4605

Local
69201

Former Presbyterian Church

Uniting Church

122-124 Napier Street,, FITZROY VIC 3065 - Property No B2415

An incomplete bluestone church built in 1871 to the design of George Browne and of interest for stylistic details of the west front. These include the star tracery at the head of the five light west window and the superimposed colonettes of the flanking buttresses. Browne was to introduce similar colonettes in this secular non-Gothic work as part of an innovative and eclectic palette which presages the boom style. The interior incorporates a hammer-beam roof, elaborate plaster ... more

B2415

Regional
69754

Former Presbyterian Church

Uniting Church

ROKEWOOD VIC 3330 - Property No B2038

A delightful cruciform bluestone church, with freestone dressings, designed by Alexander Davidson and built in 1866, primarily in the Decorated style, but with plate traceried windows. The broach spire, added in 1905, incorporates an unusual recessed band surmounted by gablets. Classified: 17/11/1977

B2038

Regional
69900

Former Presbyterian Church

Uniting Church

Winnap/Nelson Road,, DRIK DRIK VIC 3304 - Property No B5108

A bluestone church, with contrasting quoining, built in 1903 to the design of local architect C P Wilson, distinctive on account of its diminutive scale, galvanised iron roof and wooden finials. Classified: 25/07/1985

B5108

Local
70310

Former Presbyterian Church - Beechworth Historic Area

Sunday School

17-19 Beechworth-Stanley Road, STANLEY VIC 3747 - Property No B3502

A naive and charming brick Presbyterian church of c.1870, with round-headed openings and a 45 degree roof (too shallow for Gothic and too steep for Classical). Classified: 08/12/1972 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE (HISTORIC AREA) CLASSIFIED: APRIL 1983 Beechworth is a picturesque nineteenth Century provincial town. It is a well preserved example of Government and private building which resulted from the town's important historical role as the administrative and ... more

B3502

Local
70395

Former Presbyterian Church

Uniting Church

Ebden Street,, KYNETON VIC 3444 - Property No B0631

A bluestone church of 1857 of a naive character, and with a quaint concave roofed bellcote. Although the design is attributed to a member of the congregation, James Thomson, the octagonal pinnacles are strongly reminiscent of the work of the local architect William Douglas. The porch of 1932 and the unsympathetic modern roofing are excluded. Classified; 17/11/1977

B0631

Local
126458

Former Presbyterian Church

Uniting Church

Pohlman Street,, ROMSEY VIC 3434 - Property No B3277

A bluestone church of 1865, remarkable for the combination of Gothic openings with main and porch gables in the form of broken chorded classical pediments, though the Gothic bell-cote is a somewhat later addition. Classified: 15/03/1973 File Note: The classification includes the timber fence and posts.

B3277

Local
67756

Former Presbyterian Church

Chinese Baptist School ,  Uniting Church

6 Highbury Grove,, KEW VIC 3101 - Property No B2594

A Presbyterian church of 1887 designed by Nathaniel Billing, and of some interest for the spire and pinnacles of cement based "hydraulic stone". Classified: 05/08/1971

B2594

Local
70561

Former Presbyterian Church

Uniting Church

Western Highway,, MYRNIONG VIC 3341 - Property No B0651

A four bay freestone church, with vestry built in 1861-2 and of interest for its unusual windows, which combine lancet arches cut out of paired rectangular blocks with raised ashiar quoining, suggesting that the building was intended to be stuccoed, and for the quirky corbelled pinnacles of the entrance front. Classified: 28/04/1960

B0651

Regional
68028

Former Presbyterian Church

St Andrew's Uniting Church

105 High Street,, BERWICK VIC 3806 - Property No B2054

A brick church, built between 1879 and 1888 to the design of Reed, Henderson & Smart, although without its intended spire, of interest for its broad four-bay buttressed nave with plate-traceried windows. Classified: 02/05/1968

B2054

Local
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