Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 49-51 Main Street, STAWELL
49-51 Main Street STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
Stawell Main Street Precinct
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Statement of Significance
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Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 49-51 Main Street, STAWELL - Physical Description 1
The Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Main Street, makes a significant contribution to the architectural and visual amenity of the streetscape. The site is dominated by the Holy Trinity Church building, which is bound at the sides by an early brick fence. The grounds at the sides are largely grassed areas with some trees and shrubs.
The unpainted brick, Victorian Decorated Gothic Revival styled Holy Trinity Anglican Church is characterised by a steeply pitched and parapetted gable roof form clad in slate. The main gable end is adorned with a large Decorated Gothic pointed, stained glass tracery window, embellished with freestone quoins and drip mould. Below the tracery window is an unusual flat-headed double entrance opening, decorated with freestone quoins and lintel. The timber and glazed doors are introduced. Other features of the main gable include the cross which crowns the building, regularly spaced freestone blocks following the parapet line, freestone stringcourse, granite base wall, flanking small, leadlighted lancets and the regularly arranged unpainted brick buttresses with freestone copings. A series of steps provide access to the main entrance. The upper brick gable infill appears to have suffered substantial deterioration due to falling damp, as shown by the wall stains.
The sides of the Church building are also identified by brick buttresses, with pointed leadlight windows between. These windows are adorned with drip moulds.
Internally, the building has experienced some changes in the 20th century which also contribute to an understanding of the development of the Church. The interior is characterised by an open, timber trussed roof space, apse, Gothic Revival styled timber chancel screen, choir stalls, timber seating, and plastered wall finishes.
Comparative Information:
Other Decorated Gothic Revival styled Churches by Leonard Terry include:
. Romanian Orthodox Church (formerly Catholic Apostolic Church), 1864-65, Queensberry Street, Carlton;
. Church of the Protection of the Holy Virgin (formerly St. Saviour's Mission Church), 1874, Oxford Street, Collingwood;
. Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 1871-74, corner Nelson Place & Pasco Street, Williamstown;
. St. John's Anglican Church, 1864-86, Armstrong Street, Soldiers Hill, Ballarat;
. Private residence (formerly Holy Trinity Anglican Church), 1861-62, Kingston;
. St. Peter's Anglican Church, 1861, Queen Street, Mornington;
. Christ Church, 1870, Beal Street, Birregurra.
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: LocalStawell Main Street Precinct peer review
Author: Landmark Heritage PL
Year: 2024
Grading:
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HILL PIPE ORGAN - ST PETER'S LUTHERAN CHURCHVictorian Heritage Register H2177
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CENTRAL PARKVictorian Heritage Register H2284
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COMMONWEALTH MEMORIALVictorian Heritage Register H1943
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