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HURSTBRIDGE UNITING CHURCH AND HALL. ORIGINALLY METHODIST CHURCH, S.E.CNR. MELISSA COURT, HEIDELBERG-KINGLAKE RD
1006 HEIDELBERG-KINGLAKE ROAD HURSTBRIDGE, NILLUMBIK SHIRE

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Statement of Significance

REVISED STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE, CONTEXT, 2010

What is significant?
The c1925 Uniting church with its c1949 vestry, and the Edwardian hall (originally located in Greensborough and moved to Plenty in 1965 and then to this site in 1985).

How is it significant?
The church is socially, spiritually and historically significant to the Shire of Nillumbik.
The Edwardian hall is historically significant to the Shire of Nillumbik

Why is it significant?
The church is historically significant because its construction illustrates the growth of Hurstbridge following the arrival of the railway in 1912, when it was still a rural hamlet (Criterion A). It is socially and spiritually significant because it has served the community over a long period of time (Criterion G).

The Edwardian hall is historically significant because it illustrates the common practice of relocating timber buildings upon the basis of need and because its relocation shows how much the population of Hurstbridge and the surrounding districts has grown since the 1970s (Criterion A).

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- Historical Australian Themes
  
  HURSTBRIDGE UNITING CHURCH AND HALL. ORIGINALLY METHODIST CHURCH, S.E.CNR. MELISSA COURT, HEIDELBERG-KINGLAKE RD - Historical Australian Themes
  
  TOWNSHIP DEVELOPMENT
  
  8.6 Worshipping
  
  8.6.1 Worshipping together
  
  8.6.2 Maintaining religious traditions and ceremonies
  8.6.4 Making places for worship
  
  Physical Description 1
  
  HURSTBRIDGE UNITING CHURCH AND HALL. ORIGINALLY METHODIST CHURCH, S.E.CNR. MELISSA COURT, HEIDELBERG-KINGLAKE RD - Physical Description 1
  
  Style Victorian.
  Design standard, hall Edwardian.
  Plan rectangular.
  Single storeyed.
  Walls timber stud construction, weatherboard clad.
  Roofs gabled with eaves, corrugated iron clad.
  Features are the front porch (disused), pointed head windows, simple typical form of both church and hall and the hall's projecting front window.
  
  The Monterey Cypress trees have a maximum trunk diameter of 300mm and may have been part of a longer line of trees forming a hedge or windbreak.
  
  Usage/Former Usage
  
  HURSTBRIDGE UNITING CHURCH AND HALL. ORIGINALLY METHODIST CHURCH, S.E.CNR. MELISSA COURT, HEIDELBERG-KINGLAKE RD - Usage/Former Usage
  
  Original Use: Methodist Church
  
  Present Use: Uniting Church
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Nillumbik - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study
  
  Author: David Bick
  Year: 1992
  Grading:
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- SCOUTS' BUILDINGS - PREVIOUSLY STATE SCHOOL NO.3939 BUILDINGS
  
  Nillumbik Shire
- FORMER TEACHER'S RESIDENCE,STATE SCHOOL NO.3939 - PREVIOUSLY THE GOBUR TEACHER'S RESIDENCE
  
  Nillumbik Shire
- HURST FAMILY CEMETERY
  
  Nillumbik Shire
- 'GUNYAH', FIRST CANTERBURY TROOP SCOUT HALL & CAMBERWELL NORTH GUIDE HALL
  
  Boroondara City
- 'YARROLA'
  
  Boroondara City
- 1 Bradford Avenue
  
  Boroondara City