Australia - Coburg
Uniting Church Second Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Sydney Road, Coburg, Melbourne.
The former Methodist Chapel, constructed in 1849 and extended at the north end shortly afterwards, is the earliest known surviving Methodist chapel in Victoria. This substantially intact building is constructed of bluestone with a sandstone facade facing south towards Bell Street. It is one of the earliest extant bluestone buildings in Victoria and amongst the State's earliest surviving religious buildings.
The former Methodist church, now the Uniting church, designed by T J Crouch, was officially opened on 24 December 1857 and is an early example of a Gothic style Methodist church in Victoria. The adoption of the Gothic style, a more traditional and churchly architectural idiom, reflects changes within the Methodist movement during the mid nineteenth century.
The building is of note for its unusual random rubble stonework of the walls. Quarrying of bluestone began in the area 1850s, and by 1875 there were 41 quarries in Coburg.
Started: 1858
Architect: TJ Crouch, TJ
Victorian Period (1851-1901)
Gothic Revival Style
Heritage Act Categories: Heritage place on the Victorian Heritage Register.
Municipality: MORELAND CITY
Australia - Coburg
Uniting Church Second Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Sydney Road, Coburg, Melbourne.
The former Methodist Chapel, constructed in 1849 and extended at the north end shortly afterwards, is the earliest known surviving Methodist chapel in Victoria. This substantially intact building is constructed of bluestone with a sandstone facade facing south towards Bell Street. It is one of the earliest extant bluestone buildings in Victoria and amongst the State's earliest surviving religious buildings.
The former Methodist church, now the Uniting church, designed by T J Crouch, was officially opened on 24 December 1857 and is an early example of a Gothic style Methodist church in Victoria. The adoption of the Gothic style, a more traditional and churchly architectural idiom, reflects changes within the Methodist movement during the mid nineteenth century.
The building is of note for its unusual random rubble stonework of the walls. Quarrying of bluestone began in the area 1850s, and by 1875 there were 41 quarries in Coburg.
Started: 1858
Architect: TJ Crouch, TJ
Victorian Period (1851-1901)
Gothic Revival Style
Heritage Act Categories: Heritage place on the Victorian Heritage Register.
Municipality: MORELAND CITY