Blayney Uniting Church

Church in New South Wales, Australia

33°31′49″S 149°15′22″E / 33.5303°S 149.2561°E / -33.5303; 149.2561LocationAdelaide Street, Blayney, Blayney Shire, New South WalesCountryAustraliaDenominationUnitingPrevious denominationMethodistWebsiteblayney.uca.org.auHistoryStatusChurchArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)James HineArchitectural typeVictorian Carpenter GothicYears built1885–1886Completed5 September 1886 (1886-09-05)Construction costA£1,144AdministrationSynodNew South Wales and ACTParishBlayney

New South Wales Heritage Register

Official nameBlayney Uniting Church & HallTypeState heritage (complex / group)Designated2 April 1999Reference no.456TypeChurchCategoryReligionBuildersJames Atkins

Blayney Uniting Church is a heritage-listed Uniting church at Adelaide Street, Blayney, Blayney Shire, New South Wales, Australia. The property is owned by the Uniting Church in Australia. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.^[1]

History

The first Methodist church in Blayney, then known as King's Plains, was a temporary church erected in 1843. It was under the charge of the minister at Bathurst until 1859, when the circuit was divided. The temporary church was replaced after nineteen years and is no longer extant.^[2]^[3]

The second Methodist church, now the church hall and Sunday school, was a brick church that opened in 1862 at a cost of £300. It was extended in 1912 and 1928.^[4]^[5]^[3]

The current church was built from 1885-86 at a cost of approximately £1,144 by Bathurst contractor James Atkins. The church, designed in the Victorian Carpenter Gothic style by architect James Hine, opened on 5 September 1886. It was renovated c. 1940, and celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2011.^[4] ^[6]^[3]

The former parsonage was built in 1884.^[4]

It became the Uniting Church in 1977 following the merger of the Methodist, Congregational and Presbyterian churches.^[6]

Heritage listing

Blayney Uniting Church was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Blayney Uniting Church & Hall". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H00456. Retrieved 1 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.
^ "BLAYNEY METHODISM 1843 CENTENARY 1943". The Methodist. Vol. 52, no. 35. New South Wales, Australia. 28 August 1943. p. 1. Retrieved 20 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
^ ^a ^b ^c "BLAYNEY METHODISM 1843 CENTENARY 1943". The Methodist. Vol. 52, no. 35. New South Wales, Australia. 28 August 1943. p. 1. Retrieved 20 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Historic Blayney Heritage Walk". Blayney Shire Council. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
^ "Lodge Carringtonia celebrates 100 years". Blayney Chronicle. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Church to celebrate renovations, anniversary". Blayney Chronicle. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2018.

Attribution

This Wikipedia article was originally based on Blayney Uniting Church & Hall, entry number 00456 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 1 June 2018.