Lancefield, VIC - Uniting

History and Architecture:

In  the  early  1860s  Presbyterian  services  in  the  district  were  commonly  held  in  privately  owned  barns, before being held at the Union Church on the corner of Parks and Collivers roads, Lancefield. In 1866 a Presbyterian Church was built in Lancefield town (current 23 High Street; now a Uniting Church). The first stone  was  laid  on  26  June  1866  and  the  opening  service  on  25  November  1866.  

In  1939,  the  non-48 Lancefield Presbyterian Manse (Former)Statement of Significance (March 2019) GJM Heritage denominational  timber  church  at  Springfield  was  transported  to  the  rear of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in Lancefield, to serve as the church hall and a Sunday School.  In 1870, the subject site (totaling 1 ½ acres; north of Crown Allotment 49, east of Melbourne-Lancefield Road) was permanently reserved for Presbyterian Church Purposes (the 1870 gazette states that the site was initially temporarily reserved in December 1860, not 1861 as the prior gazette states) (VGG, 1870).

Fifty years later in April 1920, the Presbyterian Church of Victoria was granted permission to dispose of the reserved land (totaling 1 ½ acres; the subject site).