ST ANDREW'S UNITING CHURCH & HALL
5 ROY STREET, LOCH, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The brick church at the front of the site was designed by John Hipwell and constructed in 1963. It is a Modernist 'A' frame church, with a steeply pitched tile roof and a flat roofed porch beside. This building is made of a post and beam construction with high set horizontal slot windows to the porch, a cantilevered roof over the entry and sheer brick walls with a diamond shaped glass window at the front and rear apex. Small modern windows are part of the terrace style entryway near the ceiling.
Non-original alterations and additions are not significant.
Aesthetically, the 1963 church designed by John Hipwell is a fine and well-detailed example of a Modernist church that demonstrates the use of pure geometric forms in Postwar church architecture. The is demonstrated by the juxtaposition of the triangular 'A' frame against the horizontal rectilinear form of the porch, and emphasised by the sheer brick walls of the nave with diamond windows in the apex. (Criterion E)
It has social significance for its strong and enduring associations with the Loch community through its use by the Presbyterian or Uniting congregations for over 110 years. (Criterion G)
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ST ANDREW'S UNITING CHURCH & HALL - Physical Description 1
The site contains both the 1903 timber church, which is now used as the church hall and is situated at the rear, and the 1963 brick church at the front.
The 1903 church is a small simple Carpenter Gothic church with a projecting gabled porch and a gabled addition at the rear. Original detailing includes the lancet window and large finials and tie-beams in the gable ends.
The 1963 church is a Modernist design comprising an 'A-frame' section with a flat roof section along the north elevation.
The former Presbyterian Manse adjoins the site at the rear and fronts Clarence Street (refer to separate citation).Heritage Study and Grading
South Gippsland - South Gippsland Heritage Study
Author: David Helms with Trevor Westmore
Year: 2004
Grading:
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