Former Methodist Church
27 Harding Street, PORTARLINGTON VIC 3223 - Property No 252460
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Statement of Significance
C Listed - Local Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
The former Portarlington Methodist Church was opened in the 1870s. It has been significantly altered for use as a private residence . It is of historic and social significance to the local Portarlington community. The former Portarlington Methodist Church was one of the many Wesleyan Methodist places of worship on the Peninsula, but the only one in Portarlington. , It is of LOCAL cultural significance.
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Former Methodist Church - Physical Description 1
The site consists of the original church to the south , with new extensions to the north in a sympathetic style . The current building has been altered to suit a private residence. A photograph c1912 shows a simple dark brick church, with brick buttresses, a steep pitch gable roof clad with tiles and pointed arch motif windows with paned glass. The original form, the window openings and the timber finials and pendants on the gable ends are still visible. The roof has been reclad in corrugated metal, and the walls appear to have been rendered and painted .
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - Bellarine Heritage Study
Author: Huddle, Howe, Lewis and Francis
Year: 1996
Grading:
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PORTARLINGTON MILLVictorian Heritage Register H0389
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WALLACE AND MCGINRIS BATHING BOXESVictorian Heritage Inventory
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PORTARLINGTON JETTYVictorian Heritage Inventory
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