Brougham Place Uniting Church

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Brougham Place Uniting Church
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Main entrance of Brougham Place Uniting Church, 2004
Brougham Place Uniting Church
34°54′34″S138°36′1″E / 34.90944°S 138.60028°E / -34.90944; 138.60028
Location Brougham Place, North Adelaide, South Australia
CountryAustralia
Denomination Uniting (since 1977)
Previous denomination Congregational (1859 1977)
Website bpuc.org
History
Former name(s)North Adelaide Congregational Church
Status Church
Founded20 October 1859 (1859-10-20)
Founder(s)Rev. James Jefferis
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)
Architectural typeChurch
Style Victorian Free Classical
Groundbreaking 15 May 1860
Completed14 July 1872
Construction costc. 11,000
Administration
Synod South Australia
Presbytery Wimala
Parish Brougham Place
Clergy
Minister(s) Rev. Linda Driver

Brougham Place Uniting Church is a Uniting church located at Brougham Place, North Adelaide, South Australia.

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History

Edmund Wright won an architectural competition for the design of the church in 1859, then Brougham Place Congregational Church. [1] The foundation stone was laid on 15 May 1860. [2]

A tower was added in 1871 and a lecture hall in 1878, designed by architect Thomas Frost. [3] The pipe organ was built in 1881 at which time it was "the largest two manual organ in the colony", and restored in 1914. [4]

James Jefferis was the first pastor, serving from its inception on 20 October 1859, [5] when services were held in the temperance hall in Tynte Street, North Adelaide, to 1877, then from 1895 to 1901, when he retired. [6]

It looks over Brougham Gardens in the Adelaide Parklands.

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References

  1. Sullivan, Christine (2008). "Architect Personal Details: Wright, Edmund William". Architects of South Australia. University of South Australia . Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  2. Manning. "Place Names of South Australia - N - North Adelaide". The Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. Archived from the original on 2 September 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  3. "Architects of South Australia - Architect Details - Frost, Thomas". Architects of South Australia. Architecture Museum, University of South Australia . Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  4. "Brougham Place Uniting Church". OHTA Conference Book 1986. Organ Historical Trust of Australia . Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  5. "Congregationalism". South Australian Register . Vol. XXIII, no. 4063. South Australia. 21 October 1859. p. 2. Retrieved 30 September 2021 via National Library of Australia.
  6. Phillips, Walter (1972). "'Jefferis, James (1833–1917)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Vol. 4. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN   1833-7538 . Retrieved 22 June 2018.

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