SCOTS CHURCH
140-154 COLLINS STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
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SCOTS CHURCH - History
Heritage Inventory History of Site: Date of first documented occupation, 1841Heritage Inventory Description
SCOTS CHURCH - Heritage Inventory Description
Land acquired by Presbyterians, 3rd sale, 13 Sept. 1838. First church on site completed 1841.1866 - church, stables & ministers house shown on this & adjoining block.Present church completed 1873-74.
Heritage Inventory Significance: SOURCE: REGISTER OF THE NATIONAL ESTATE CITATION: SITUATED ON LAND GRANTED TO THE PRESBYTERIANS IN 1839, THE PRESENT CHURCH SUCCEEDED AN EARLIER BUILDING ERECTED IN 1841-2 TO DESIGNS OF S. JACKSON AND ENLARGED IN 1859 BY C. WEBB. BUILT IN 1873-4 BY DAVID MITCHELL, TO DESIGNS BY ARCHITECTS JOSEPH REED & BARNES, THE PRESENT GOTHIC REVIVAL CHURCH IS BUILT OF STONE FROM THE BARRABOOL HILLS AND KAKANUI (NEW ZEALAND). FEATURES OF THE INTERIOR INCLUDE THE BASALT AISLE COLUMNS, RICH TIMBER FITTINGS AND STAINED GLASS. A NEW PINNACLE REPLACED THE ORIGINAL SPIRE DESTROYED BY LIGHTNING IN THE 1930S. THE CHURCH IS ASSOCIATED WITH NOTABLE CHURCHMEN, PARTICULARLY THE REV. JAMES FORBES, AND HAS BEEN THE VENUE FOR HISTORIC OCCASIONS. DAVID MITCHELL AND DAME NELLIE MELBA SANG IN THE CHOIR.
Archeological Potential: Extant bldg Fabric,Site
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ROSAVILLEVictorian Heritage Register H0408
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MEDLEY HALLVictorian Heritage Register H0409
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TRADES HALLVictorian Heritage Register H0663
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