Henley Beach, SA - Uniting

Year Built: 1922

Denomination: Uniting

Address: Corner Durham & Military Road, Henley Beach, South Australia, 5022

Previous Denomination: Congregational

Architect: Charles Walter Rutt

Architectural Style: Byzantine

Traditional Owners: Kaurna people

Last Updated: 04/03/2024

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History and Architecture:

In May, 1883, a block of land was purchased, and a small church built at a cost of £640, which was opened in November of the same year.

The original Foundation stone was laid on 25 November 1922 by G.S. Wright and Jas Shearing. The Henley Fulham Congregation was formed on 31st October 1999 from an amalgamation of three congregations: Fulham, Temple and Wesley. The Architect was Charles Walter Rutt. The Church was opened on 5 Aug 1923.

By 1927 the old church was left standing and an octagonal structure to contain the pulpit and choir and seating accommodation for several hundred worshippers was built on to the front. The old building was then utilised as a naive. The church is built on the lines of Byzantine architecture, with Gothic adornments on the exterior.

The Henley Fulham Congregation was formed on 31st of October 1999 from the amalgamation of 3 congregations: Fulham, Temple and Wesley.

 

Clergy:

These names are now in the Database and can be searched individually.

Years Name Annotation D.o.B D.o.D
2010 - Rev Malcolm Rawlings C
1883 - Rev J. C. Mc Michael C
1883 - 1889 Rev J. W. Jones C
1890 - 1894 Rev George Williams C
1894 - Rev W. Wilson C
1894 - Rev D. Milne Jnr C
1894 - 1904 Rev Thomas Hope C
1904 - 1905 Rev S. Lenton C
1905 - 1908 Rev P. Watson C
1909 - 1911 Rev F. Priest C
1912 - 1915 Rev D. B. Ashford C
1915 - 1933 Rev William Hawke C
1933 - 1936 Rev A. E.G. Johnson C
1937 - 1940 Rev Dr Ernest Swan C
1940 - 1947 Rev Charles Newbury C
1948 - 1956 Rev Stanley Goddard Haynes C 1981
1957 - 1959 Rev Harold G. Weir C 1903 1959
1959 - 1968 Rev Alfred Blake C
1969 - 1972 Rev Robert Wilkins C
1973 - 1978 Rev Alfred Maeers U
1979 - Rev Geoffrey Cullum U
2022 - Rev Christa Megaw U

Organ:

No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.

Source:

1. SA Uniting Church Historical Society. Temple Centenary Book 1883 - 1983.
2. Ryerson Index.