York Uniting Church, Hall & Manse

Values

The place has aesthetic value as a group of buildings with associated use set in landscaped grounds.

The 1888 church with its material and form is an imposing landmark at the corner of Pool and Grey Streets.

The place has associations with the development of York since the 1830s.

The place has associations with the Methodist, and later the Uniting Church parishes, dating from the construction of the original church (now hall) in the 1850s.

The place has associations with the Monger family, who played a significant role in the development of the church as well as York in general.

Physical Description

The place included the original church (now hall – c. 1850s), the later church (1888) and dwelling (c. 1913) to the rear.

The original church is a rectangular brick building with a rendered dado to the exterior and a low pitched CGI roof. The front porch and rear lean-to are of later construction.

The 1888 church is an imposing stone building with rendered openings and buttresses. The place also has an arched porch entry. The high pitched slate gable roof has a decorative spire.

The rear dwelling is of brick construction with a surrounding verandah covered with a break pitch hipped CGI roof.

History

The Avon River valley was first explored by Ensign Robert Dale in July 1830. The district was declared open for settlement on 12 November 1830. 13 days later, notice was given that ‘a town to be called York will be laid out in a situation near Mount Blackwell’. The area initially developed as an agricultural district and by 1836, the nucleus of the township was in place.

York took the appearance of a long village on the banks of the Avon River, with J. H. Monger’s hotel, store and residence to the north (Monger’s town).

The original church building, Wesley Chapel (fmr), is said to have been constructed in the 1850s for the local Methodist parish of which the Monger family played a significant part.

This association continued and the wife of J. H. Monger Jnr laid the foundations stone for the new church in 1888.

The church and hall continue to be used by the Uniting Church in 2003,

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