Addresses
Type of place
Church
Period
Interwar 1919-1939
Style
Free Gothic
This is an image of the local heritage place known as Methodist Church (former)
Methodist Church (former)
Addresses
Type of place
Church
Period
Interwar 1919-1939
Style
Free Gothic
This timber framed and weatherboard clad former Methodist Church was designed by W J E Kerrison of Messrs. Cook and Kerrison, architects and constructed in 1939. The former 1920 timber framed and weatherboarded church was moved to the rear at this time and all are now used as a private residence. The former Methodist Church was the centre for Methodist Worship in Sandgate from 1916 until c 1999.
Also known as
Baptist Church (former)
Lot plan
L21_RP29134
Key dates
Local Heritage Place Since —
Date of Citation —
Construction
Roof: Terracotta tile;Walls: Timber
People/associations
Rothery and Buchanan (Builder);Walter James Ernest Kerrison (Architect)
Criterion for listing
(A) Historical; (D) Representative; (E) Aesthetic; (G) Social; (H) Historical associationInteractive mapping
Also known as
Baptist Church (former)
Lot plan
L21_RP29134
Key dates
Local Heritage Place Since —
Date of Citation —
Construction
Roof: Terracotta tile;Walls: Timber
People/associations
Rothery and Buchanan (Builder);Walter James Ernest Kerrison (Architect)
Criterion for listing
(A) Historical; (D) Representative; (E) Aesthetic; (G) Social; (H) Historical associationInteractive mapping
History
The site of the Church was acquired in 1914. In January 1917 a small Sunday school building ‘built of dressed hardwood, measuring 24 feet by 16 feet, well ventilated and lighted’ was opened on the site. In June 1920 a new church building measuring 35 feet by 25 feet was opened on the site.
Due to the growth of the congregation a new church was commissioned in 1939. This opened on 2 December 1939. It was designed by Mr W J E Kerrison for Messrs. Cook and Kerrison, architects. It was constructed by Mr Rothery and Mr J Buchanan, sen., a senior trustee of the Church. The 1920s church building was moved to the rear of the site re-erected and remodelled as a school hall.
The church was described as consisting of ‘four extended gables, artistically finished in small weatherboards with louvre effect’ and noted as costing £1500 with seating for 200.
Mr W J E Kerrison, later of Messrs. Cook and Kerrison was and important church architects in the inter-war and post war period, and responsible for a considerable number of church, and other buildings for the Methodist Church.
Description
The 1939 building comprises a single gabled structure with two projecting gables to the sides, with a single storey hipped roof entrance porch structure to the front. It is timber farmed with weather boarding under a clay tiles roof. The front gable has a small bell cote. There are casement windows to the porch with diamond lead light detailing, and pairs of timber casements to the side elevations with six panes of colour glass per casement.
To the rear is the former c1920 church, timber framed with weather boarding, with 1939 extensions under a number of hipped and lean-to roofs with corrugated iron. There is a modern hipped roof structure to the rear.
To the street is a c1939 painted timber fence.
Statement of significance
Relevant assessment criteria
This is a place of local heritage significance and meets one or more of the local heritage criteria under the Heritage planning scheme policy of the Brisbane City Plan 2014. It is significant because:
References
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Methodist Times 7 December 1939 p 5
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The Telegraph 27 November 1939 p 15
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The Brisbane Courier 5 June 1920 p 12
Citation prepared by — Brisbane City Council (page revised September 2020)