Church of Christ, 38 Alma Street, ST ARNAUD
38 Alma Street ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The Church of Christ building, 38 Alma Street, St Arnaud, makes a significant contribution to the single storey, modestly scaled residential streetscapes of Alma Street between Canterbury and McMahon Streets and of Queens Avenue. This Church was constructed in 1930, after the first Church built in 1908 was destroyed by fire in 1929.
The Church of Christ building is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of an Inter-War Carpenter Gothic style. These qualities include the single storey height, the asymmetrical composition, the simple gable roof form that traverses the site, together with a minor porch gable which projects at the side and a gable that extends from the main roof line. Other intact qualities include the lapped galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, the horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, the series of galvanised ventilation stacks along the ridgeline of the main roof, the timber framed double hung windows with pointed glazing composed in banks of three and singularly, the double pointed v-jointed timber door, the timber finials to the gables and the gable infill (battening, panelling and ventilators).
The Church of Christ is historically significant at a LOCAL level. The site is associated with the early development of the Church in St Arnaud from 1904, and this building is associated with the development of the Church from the late 1920s until the present day.
The Church of Christ is socially significant at a LOCAL level. It is highly valued and recognised by the St. Arnaud community for religious reasons.
Overall, the Church of Christ is of LOCAL significance.
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Church of Christ, 38 Alma Street, ST ARNAUD - Physical Description 1
The site at the corner of Alma Street and Queens Avenue has visual connections with the significant, predominantly Victorian styled, single storey residential streetscapes of Alma Street between Canterbury and McMahon Streets, and of Queens Avenue. It is also visually connected to the significant urban foci of the Church of the Immaculate Conception and the Church of the Immaculate Conception Presbytery in Queens Avenue. The Church building is generally in accord with the form and construction of the houses and buildings visually connected to it. The streetscape along Alma Street to the east of the Church is predominantly commercial, while to the west the streetscape is largely residential.
The site of the Church of Christ is dominated by the Church building. The street frontages are not landscaped and are characterised by asphalt paving and grass. The other side the Church is also asphalted, although garden beds with flowers are located around the perimeter.
The single storey, asymmetrical, Inter-War Carpenter Gothic Church of Christ building is characterised by a simple gable roof form that traverses the site, together with a minor porch gable which projects at the side and a gable that extends from the main roof line. These roof forms are clad in lapped galvanised corrugated iron. A series of galvanised iron ventilation stacks adorn the ridgeline of the building. The early timber framed double hung windows with pointed glazing are grouped in banks of three and as single windows. The double pointed v-jointed timber door also appears to be early. Other features of the design include the timber finials in the gables and the gable infill (battening, panelling and ventilators).
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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CROWN LAND OFFICEVictorian Heritage Register H1530
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ST ARNAUD RAILWAY STATIONVictorian Heritage Register H1594
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LORD NELSON TAILINGS DUMPVictorian Heritage Inventory
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