CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (FORMER)
503 MAIR STREET, BALLARAT CENTRAL - PROPERTY NUMBER 2046884, BALLARAT CITY
Central Ballarat Heritage Precinct
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Statement of Significance
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (FORMER) - Physical Description 1
The foundation stone was laid on the 2.5.1881 and the building was opened, incomplete, on 21.3.1882, the architects being Caselli & Figgis. The north elevation apparently finished shortly after. Brick additions to the rear were undertaken t Molloy and Chandler, architects,. in 1906. The building .is an unusual composition essay in bizarrely eclectic Gothic. It is composed around an elaborate corner tower, with perhaps the most striking decorative element being a finely detailed blind arcade between Corinthianising piers surmounted by a bracketted cornice. The tower is flanked by double gables to the north and a matching gable terminate the aisle to the east, all with a polychrome capping. There is a richly decorate wheel window above an arcaded portico at the east, with unusual columns of an art nouveau 'character. Internally the building is designed on the auditorium princif with radiating aisles and a balcony with sway bellied balustrades at the rear ove the arcaded porch. Four free standing columns with superb Corinthianesque capital approaching art nouveau character support reduced hammer beam trusses and a boare ceiling. This building is almost completely intact and is unique to the State in terms of design, particularly the massing and details. The anticipation of art nouveau influence in the column capitals internally and externally is of major importance.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (FORMER) - Intactness
INTACTNESS: intact
Heritage Study and Grading
Ballarat - Ballarat Heritage Precincts Study
Author: Dr David Rowe and Wendy Jacobs
Year: 2006
Grading:Ballarat - Ballarat Conservation Study
Author: Jacobs Lewis Vines Architects
Year: 1978
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