CENTRAL SPRINGS ROAD, DAYLESFORD One of the finest spires in country Victoria. Above the trees that cloak the hill on which the pretty central Victorian spa town of Daylesford is built, three silhouettes stand out as you approach from the south: the spiky turret of the state school, the square Italianate tower of the postContinue reading “DAYLESFORD UNITING CHURCH”
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SCOTS CHURCH, BALLARAT
(PRESBYTERIAN)LYDIARD STREET, BALLARAT Its graceful spire is one of only three in Ballarat. This charming and unpretentious brick church on Soldiers Hill was built for the Presbyterians of North Ballarat in 1890 to a Gothic-inspired design by local architects Figgis & Molloy. Its spire, slender and graceful and visible from all over north Ballarat, isContinue reading “SCOTS CHURCH, BALLARAT”
ST STEPHEN’S, HIGHETT
(FORMERLY ANGLICAN)DONALD STREET, HIGHETT Empty for seven years and demolished overnight. This church was at risk when I wrote the description that follows. It had been sold in 2013 but was still standing locked and empty. Out of the blue it was demolished in late March, before I could get a photograph. The location ofContinue reading “ST STEPHEN’S, HIGHETT”
ST ANDREW’S KIRK, BALLARAT
(FORMERLY PRESBYTERIAN, THEN UNITING)STURT STREET, BALLARAT Its spire makes St Andrew’s Kirk the most prominent church in Ballarat. It is now closed and awaiting “development” Most of the churches to be described in this blog will be in Melbourne, but a few will be in other places that can be easily reached by car orContinue reading “ST ANDREW’S KIRK, BALLARAT”
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