Templestowe, VIC - Uniting

Year Built: 1962

Denomination: Uniting

Address: Atkinson Street, Templestowe, Victoria, 3106

Architect: Keith Reid

Architectural Style: Modern

Traditional Owners: Wurundjeri people

Last Updated: 13/07/2024

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History and Architecture:

The Church property contains a c.1895 single-storey weatherboard church and the much larger 1962 brick church. The c.1895 church is an example of the simple Victorian Carpenter Gothic style. It has a gable roofed nave with metal ridge ventilators and a projecting entry porch to the front. The front gable ends have a simple timber gable screen with turned timber finials.

The church is a simple rectangular pavilion beautifully built of rough clinker brick, further textured on the west wall by setting some forward. The north elevation has panels of brickwork rising to parapets between full- height windows with projecting fascias. There is a broad steelframed verandah facing the view and extending as an entry canopy, all very carefully detailed.

From 1924 to 1931 Templestowe became a Home Mission charge however by 1960 the Church had become its own charge.

Formerly called Manningham Uniting. Manningham Uniting Church was formed in mid 2011 when congregations of Doncaster East, Pilgrim Doncaster -The Grove and Templestowe Uniting churches made the decision to become one.

A plaque on the current church reads, "To the Glory of God this stone was laid by J M Aumann 17th March 1962".

Clergy:

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

Years	Name	Annotation
1843 - 1845	Rev Peter Gunn	part of Heidelberg\|P
1853 - 1854	Rev D. McDonald	P
1853 - 1869	Rev D. Boyd	P
1869 - 1895	Rev D. Fraser	P
1898 - 1902	Rev M. McDonald	P
1902 - 1907	Rev S. Byron	P
1907 - 1924	Rev A. Hardie	P
1924 - 1925	Rev A. H. Tolhurst	With Warrandyte P
1925 - 1927	Mr Collins	From Heidelberg P
1927 - 1929	Mr W. H.M. Mathers	P
1929 - 1930	Mr Reid	P
1930 - 1934	Rev D. S. Jones	P
1934 - 1951	Rev C. Harland	P
1952 - 1960	Rev J. W.P. Gillan	P
1960 - 1963	Rev Dr D. Merritt	From Templestowe P
1964 - 1986	Rev J. Howard	U
1987 - 1993	Rev D. Walker	U
1994 -	Rev D. G. Beswick	U

Organ:

No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.

Source:

1. Fruit of the Spirit, a History of the Uniting Church Templestowe 1895 - 1995. SLT 287.93099451
2. Victorian Heritage website.