Heritage Register

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Summary

This building on the corner of Mains and Beenleigh Roads was constructed as the Sunnybank Methodist Church in November 1936 as part of the newly formed Moorooka Methodist Circuit. Fundraising efforts by the local community from as early as 1932 contributed to the cost of building the new church (some £400) and continued after its opening to reduce the church debt. The land was donated by Mrs Sophia White, who was aged 83 when she attended the stump-capping ceremony on 17 October 1936. The corner site of the church was resumed by Brisbane City Council for road purposes on 3 March 1979 and the Sunnybank Uniting Church vacated the site. The Sunnybank Variety Group, a local drama organisation established in 1965, applied to Council to lease the building and financed its relocation on the site. The work which included raising the hall and enclosing the area underneath the stage and kitchen with concrete block was completed by March 1981. The building has been renamed the STG Live Theatre.

Significance

• a) It is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of the City's or local area's history

  as a church hall constructed by the local community in the 1930s when Sunnybank was a semi-rural district.

• e) It is important because of its aesthetic significance

  for its assembly of steeply pitched gabled volumes which contribute to the simple ecclesiastical design and for its setting in a landscape of mature trees on a prominent corner site.

• g) It has a strong or special association with the life or work of a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons

  as a Methodist church which served the local community for over 40 years and as the premises of the Sunnybank Theatre Group since 1981.

Place details
Other names:	STG (Sunnybank Theatre Group) Live Theatre
Address:	At 14 Mains Road , SUNNYBANK, 4109
Categories:	Ritual - Worship
Event(s):	Constructed in 1936
Period(s):	Interwar (1919-1939)
Style(s):	Interwar - Carpenter Gothic
Fabric component(s):	Walls - Timber Roof - Corrugated iron
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(Last updated - 17 Jul 2012)

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