Yallambie, VIC - Wragge Chapel Protestant

History and Architecture:

An extract from a blog article on Yallambie and St Johns Church Heidelberg reads in part, " provision in Thomas’ (Wragge's) will saw a single acre on the north-west corner of the Yallambie estate, now the south west corner of Yallambie and Greensborough Roads, bequeathed to the Church of England, along with the sum of £500 and a stipulation that a church be erected onto the site.

Planning for the building of the Church of the Holy Spirit on Greensborough Rd commenced in 1912, two years after Thomas Wragge’ death. Negotiations between the Parish of St John’s, Heidelberg and the Parish of All Saints’, Greensborough saw an alteration of parish boundaries so that the planned church might fall within the Greensborough Parish.

This Church was demolished around 1961 and a service station took its place. That has also been demolished to make way for the Greensborough Ring Road tunnel.

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