Balmain, NSW - Presbyterian

Year Built: 1868

Denomination: Presbyterian

Address: 7 Campbell Street, Balmain, New South Wales, 2041

Architect: Unknown

Last Updated: 05/01/2021

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History and Architecture:

The first church was erected in 1842 at a cost of £25.00 and was the first church to be built in Balmain.

An early stone Victorian Free Gothic style Church constructed in 1867-1868. The Church significantly retains its original form, scale and details particularly the stone façades and roof and associated details and prominent tower and stone spire. It significantly continues to be used by the local Presbyterian community.

The Builder was James Burt.

Rock faced and dressed stone Church with pedimented gabled roof clad in slates, exposed rafter end and vented gablets along the main, central gable. The front façade is symmetrical about a central tower with stone spire framed by gabled bays with pinnacle topped stone buttresses and pointed arched timber framed windows and doors with rustic stone label moulds over.

Clergy:

This list may not contain every serving cleric, past or present, for this church.
Further submissions welcomed.

Years	Name	Annotation
1857 - 1869	Rev Thomas A. Gordon
1869 - 1872	Rev Colin McCullock
1872 - 1899	Rev Dr James Cosh
1900 - 1911	Rev J. F. Blair
1912 - 1919	Rev G. Cranston
1915 - 1917	Rev J. W. McCredie	Supply Minister
1920 - 1924	Rev S. L. McKenzie
1925 - 1928	Rev Grant Forsyth
1929 - 1935	Rev D. E. Hamilton
1936 - 1943	Rev S. M. Mitchell
1944 - 1946	Rev W. A. Walker	Student. Ordained 1946
1947 - 1951	Rev C. H. Ball
1952 - 1953	Rev J. Auld	Supply Minister
1961 - 1964	Rev W. B. Bartlett
1964 -	Rev L. A. Martin
2011 -	Rev Luke Tattersall

Organ:

No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.

Source:

1. Cambell Street Presbyterian Church Centenary 1868 - 1968
2. NSW Heritage website