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HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH
520 Sydney Road, Coburg VIC 3058 - Property No 38402

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Statement of Significance

Holy Trinity Anglican Church is of state historical and architectural significance. Its early date ensured the status of the Holy Trinity complex as the focus for Anglicanism in the northern suburbs. It is also significant for its sequential and distinctive design. It is a substantial and intact example of the work of the architects Charles Vickers and S W Smith
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    • Physical Description 1

      HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH - Physical Description 1

      Holy Trinity Anglican Church is a Gothic Revival bluestone building. It has slate gabled roofs and the walls are of random coursed bluestone. It has tall octagonal sandstone spire with four pinnacles at its base, narrow louvred ventilated gables at two levels, and is topped with a delicate iron crucifix. A square carved stone panel with a hood mould sits above the main pointed arch entrance, which is at the base of the stepped buttressed tower. It has leadlit pointed arched windows with geometrical tracery.

      Landscape: Plantings on the church reserve include a row of Bhutan Cypress (Cupressus Tortuosa), along Sydney Road, a Claret Ash 'Raywood'(Fraximus Oxycarpa), Dutch Elms (Ulmus Hollandica) and evergreen trees (Olea Europea ssp. Africanus), and adjacent to the vicarage a Dutch Elm (Ulmus Hollandica), New Zealand Cabbage Tree (Cordyline australis) and Himalayan Cedar (Cedrus Deodora).

      Key Architectural Elements: notable Gothic Revival design in bluestone
      landmark tower and spire
      prominent siting

      Conservation Guidelines: remove cyclone wire front fence

      Principal Historic Themes: establishment of permanent places of worship association with individuals or families

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Moreland - City of Coburg Heritage Conservation & Streetscape Study

      Author: Timothy Hubbard Pty Ltd
      Year: 1991
      Grading: Local

      Moreland - City of Moreland Heritage Review

      Author: Allen Lovell and Associates
      Year: 1999
      Grading:

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