Sunbury, VIC - Methodist (Former)

Year Built: 1878

Denomination: Methodist

Address: Cnr Barkly & Harker Streets, Sunbury, Victoria, 3429

Architect: Unknown

Architectural Style: Gothic

Traditional Owners: Wurundjeri people

Last Updated: 07/05/2024

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History and Architecture:

The church was built between 1878-9. Distinguished by its unusual combination of Early English pointed Gothic windows, pilasters, and a more classically pitched roof and pseudo-pediment with picturesque domestic Gothic barge boards.

Clergy:

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

Years Name Annotation D.o.B D.o.D
1873 - 1874 Rev James Marsland 1844 1917
1874 - 1875 Rev Moses Bullas 1848 1939
1876 - 1877 Rev Henry K. Hutchison 1853 1912
1877 - 1878 Rev Jonathan McCann 1855 1914
1880 - Rev William Wykes 1857 1927
1884 - 1885 Rev S. T. Serpell
1885 - Rev James McBride 1861 1941
1888 - 1882 Rev John James Brown 1851 1933
1883 - 1884 Rev John Adams 1853 1929
1884 - Rev S. T. Serpell
1910 - Mr Mitchell
1913 - 1914 Rev Walter T. Lapthorne
1914 - 1916 Rev Robert H. Green
1918 - Rev J. T. Long
1918 - 1919 Rev Ira J. Mann

Organ:

No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.

Source:

1. Sunbury Library
2. Methodist Church of Australasia Ministerial Index
3. Ministerial Index of Deaths Methodist Church of Australia 1855 - 1961
4. Victorian Heritage database.