Golden Grove, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1863
Denomination: Uniting
Address: Corner Golden Grove & Greenwith Road, Golden Grove, South Australia, 5125
Previous Denomination: Presbyterian
Architect: Daniel Garlick
Last Updated: 16/12/2022
History and Architecture:
In 1863 Mr Paul Roberts son of Thomas Roberts of Greenwith Farm donated the land for a Primitive Methodist church which later became known as the Greenwith Chapel. Before the church was built services were held in the cellar of the home of Thomas and Hannah Roberts.
The Foundation stone was laid on 15 November 1863 by Mrs Thomas Roberts. The Church was designed by architect Daniel Garlick and opened in 1866. The tender by George Robinson for the masonry work was accepted. The church cost 173 with stone and slate being sourced from local quarries and creeks. The church was to measure 30 feet long x 18 feet wide and 14 feet in height. Two Gothic windows on the east and the west and a door were to face north.
The original slate roof was replaced in September 1930 with an iron roof. The Church was also used as the Upper Dry Creek School between 1863 and 1869.
Clergy:
These names are now in the Database and can be searched individually.
Years | Name | Annotation | D.o.B | D.o.D |
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1849 - 1853 | Rev Ralph Drummond | P | ||
1853 - 1866 | Rev J. P. Buttfield | P | ||
1866 - 1885 | Rev J. R. Ferguson | P | ||
1885 - 1892 | Rev Henry J. Congreve | P | ||
1894 - 1904 | Mr James Anderson | Lay Reader | ||
1904 - 1905 | Mr Henry J. White | Lay Reader | ||
1906 - 1908 | Mr R. Wilcox Ryan | Student | ||
1909 - 1911 | Mr J. W. Rankine | Lay Reader | ||
1912 - 1914 | Mr Robert Campbell | Lay Reader | ||
1916 - 1917 | Mr R. P. Simons | Lay Reader | ||
1917 - 1948 | Rev Duncan McDiarmid | From Propect Presbyterian | ||
1944 - 1949 | Rev Charles William Dron | P | ||
1948 - 1958 | Rev Dr Munroe Ford | P | ||
1959 - 1962 | Rev James B. Hartshorn | P | ||
1960 - 1968 | Rev David Hodges | Locum | ||
1960 - 1968 | Rev Don Marks | Locum | ||
1960 - 1968 | Rev Ian Tanner | Locum | 2013 | |
1962 - | Rev Dr Edward G. Gibson | P | ||
1963 - 1964 | Rev D. L. Blecher | P | ||
1964 - | Mr Fred Champion | P | ||
1975 - 1984 | Rev Brian Ball | P & U | ||
1985 - 1990 | Rev Lloyd Kerley | U | ||
1990 - 1992 | Rev Stephen Partington | U | ||
1992 - 1994 | Rev Fred Foley | Part time | ||
1994 - | Rev Dr George Robert Iles | U | ||
2011 - | Rev J. Watson | U |
Organ:
No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.
Source:
1. SA Uniting Church Historical Society. Celebrating the Past embracing the Future 1866 - 2006