WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH (FORMER)
53 NICHOLSON STREET,, BRUNSWICK EAST VIC 3057 - Property No 1941
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Statement of Significance
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WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH (FORMER) - Physical Description 1
The Wesleyan Methodist Church is a simple bichrome brick building on a cruciform plan, with a gabled slate roof. Stylistically, the only significant external difference between the two parts is the latter use of machine-made red bricks rather than hand-pressed brown bricks. The walls are of either brown or red face brick, with bichrome patterning to brick pilasters. Window openings are arched, dressed with cream bricks and have bluestone sills. Below the eaves is a simple frieze of small crosses in cream brick; the eastern gable-end has a central circular vent, also dressed in cream brick. The roofs are punctuated with small dormer vents.
The building has undergone significant alterations in its conversion to elderly persons' housing. A section of the red brick wall has been removed on the north elevation. The coloured glass windows have been replaced with clear-glazed timber-framed awnings. It is not known whether the exposed internal roof trusses have been concealed. The other buildings on the site (Sunday School and 1932 Church) appear to have been demolished.
Key Architectural Elements:
Simple bichrome brick design
original slate roof
circular gable vent on the Nicholson Street facade
Conservation Guidelines:
Preferably reinstate coloured glass windows
infill missing section of wall on the north elevation.Heritage Study and Grading
Moreland - City of Moreland Heritage Review
Author: Allen Lovell and Associates
Year: 1999
Grading: LocalMoreland - Keeping Brunswick's heritage: A Report on the Review of the Brunswick Conservation Study
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 1990
Grading:
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