Presbyterian Church

300 Barkly Street, FOOTSCRAY VIC 3011 - Property No 2005007200

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Statement of Significance

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  • Physical Description 1

    Presbyterian Church - Physical Description 1

    Like other Footscray churches and particularly the Hyde Street Wesleyan Church, this is of coursed quarry- faced random basalt, with stone dressings (sandstone) and designed in the Early English Gothic Revival mode. However, its multiplicity of window groups (in an implied narthex), buttressing and gabled side-entrance porches, lend it a relatively more ornate quality within this typically restrained style. Diamond pattern leadlight windows are used throughout. Other detailing includes the ornamental wrought-iron gates which close-off both sides of the church, presumably being contemporary with the adjoining hall (same gates) rather than the porches they abut. The gates are nevertheless Edwardian in character.
    
    Beside the church are the Peter Fraser Memorial Hall and the clergyman's residence, both executed in a simple Tudor revival manner, using clinker brickwork. Concrete paving and planting around the church walls appear contemporary with their construction (late 1930s).
    
    

    Integrity

    Presbyterian Church - Integrity

    External Integrity

    Stone dressings have been painted and the (presumed) picket fence removed from frontage.
    
    

    Physical Description 2

    Presbyterian Church - Physical Description 2

    Streetscape
    Related to the other complex components on either side by style (Medieval period) and siting, the contrasting wall material (brick) is at least balanced. The civic use (and detached form) is echoed in the school further to the east. Otherwise the group is an isolated civic use in a commercial area.

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Maribyrnong - City of Footscray Urban Conservation Study

    Author: Graeme Butler
    Year: 1989
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  • Footscray Urban Conservation Study 1989 - Separate Citation
    
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