ST THOMAS' ANGLICAN CHURCH & PARISH HALL
7 DUTTON STREET, TOORA, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
Non-original alterations and additions, other than those specified above, are not significant.
Aesthetically, the church is a simple Victorian Gothic Church with typical form and details including the steeply pitched roof, buttressed walls, and lancet windows and is of note as the only early church within the South Gippsland Shire constructed of brick. It is an historic landmark within Toora. (Criteria B & E)
It has social significance for its strong and enduring associations with the Toora community through its use as an Anglican Church and parish centre for over 120 years. (Criterion G)
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ST THOMAS' ANGLICAN CHURCH & PARISH HALL - Physical Description 1
St Thomas's Anglican Church, at 7 Dutton Street, Toora, built in 1892, is a simple two bay brick Victorian Gothic church with a steeply pitched roof, external buttresses and a matching gable porch with a door at the front. It was apparently constructed in stages to the design of Smith and Johnson, architects, the first stage being only one third of the planned building. It is difficult to interpret this information as one third of the existing small church would be very little indeed. It is possible that the planned building was much larger than what was finally built.
The present building is of two bays with a lancet window in each and a Gothic window in the gable end above the porch. The building is undecorated apart from a small finial at the ridge (which may not be original). The porch door is approached by rendered steps of later origin. The front wall has been rendered, but the balance is of face brick. The whole building has been painted white.
The Parish Hall, constructed in 1932 is a gabled stud frame structure lined in battened cement sheet with a weatherboard dado and a slightly projecting gable end.
Heritage Study and Grading
South Gippsland - South Gippsland Heritage Study
Author: David Helms with Trevor Westmore
Year: 2004
Grading:
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