St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 4 Newall Street, MARNOO
4 Newall Street MARNOO, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 4 Newall Street, Marnoo, makes a significant contribution to the predominantly single storey, horizontal weatherboard streetscape of galvanised corrugated iron pitched roof buildings. Built in 1960 to replace an earlier timber church that had been constructed in 1914, this building has experienced some alterations and appears to be in good condition when viewed from the street.
The St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 4 Newall Street, Marnoo, is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. Although altered, it still demonstrates original design qualities of a restrained 20th century Gothic style. These qualities include the steeply pitched roof form, together with a minor porch gable that projects towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, single storey height, modest eaves, small timber framed rectangular porch window opening with two narrow pointed arched windows, single porch doorway, timber framed pointed arched windows with hopper sashes at the lower reaches, window hood moulds, and any existing horizontal weatherboard wall cladding and other wall features under the introduced cladding. The mature golden cypress trees contribute to the significance of the place.
The St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 4 Newall Street, Marnoo, is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It has associations with the development of the Presbyterian Church in Marnoo from 1960. The Presbyterian Church in the town had been established in 1874, and a new church had been built on the present site in 1914. It was subsequently demolished to allow for the current building.
The St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 4 Newall Street, Marnoo, is socially significant at a LOCAL level. It is recognised and valued by the Marnoo community for religious reasons.
Overall, the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church is of LOCAL significance.
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St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 4 Newall Street, MARNOO - Physical Description 1
The St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church building, 4 Newall Street, Marnoo, has visual connections with other predominantly single storey, horizontal weatherboard residential and commercial buildings with pitched galvanised corrugated iron roofs. This building is generally in accord with the form, construction and setbacks of the significant places visually connected to it. It is set on a larger sized allotment for the area, and is surrounded by mature golden cypress trees.
The symmetrical, single storey, restrained 20th century Gothic styled St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church building is characterised by a steeply pitched roof form, together with a minor porch gable that projects towards the street frontage. These roof forms are clad in galvanised corrugated iron. Modest overhangs are features of the eaves.
An early feature of the design is the projecting porch gable. It has a small timber framed rectangular window opening with two narrow pointed arched windows. There is also an early single doorway at the side.
Other early features of the design include the timber framed pointed arched windows with hopper sashes at the lower reaches. Most of the pointed windows are adorned with hood moulds. The upper window panes have been altered, with the mullions removed. The leadlighting in the front window has been introduced.
Another substantial change to the significant fabric has been the recladding of the original horizontal weatherboard walls with recent non-timber horizontal cladding for the walls and vertical non-timber cladding in the gable infill. This has meant that the early bank of timber framed pointed windows in the gable have been boarded over. The accentuation of the windows and the composition of the walls through wall colours and mouldings has also be altered.
The crowning timber stylised Celtic cross on the gable end has also been altered and possibly replaced with the current cross. The cross is no longer narrow and elongated, with turned timber ends, and a stylised Celtic cross comprised by two timber pieces and a circular member.
Heritage Study and Grading
Northern Grampians - Shire of Northern Grampians - Stage 2 Heritage Study
Author: Wendy Jacobs, Vicki Johnson, David Rowe, Phil Taylor
Year: 2004
Grading: Local
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