Brookton Uniting Church

Author

Shire of Brookton

Place Number

00281

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Location

8 Richardson St Brookton

Location Details

Lot 392

Other Name(s)

Methodist Church

Local Government

Brookton

Region

Wheatbelt

Construction Date

Constructed from 1909

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	17 Nov 2016

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
RHP - Does not warrant assessment	Current	30 Apr 2004

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	17 Nov 2016	2	2 High level of protection appropriate: provide maximum encouragement to the owner under the town planning scheme to conserve the significance of the place.
Uniting Church Inventory	Completed	01 Oct 1996			Heritage Council

Statement of Significance

Brookton Uniting Church represents the establishment of the Methodist Church in Brookton in c.1909, and continued place of worship and sense of place for the occasions and events that have taken place.

Physical Description

The double volume single storey church has a gabled parapet frontage with a central gabled porch. The entire frontage is painted and symmetrical with a decorative stepped gable apex with a cross atop. The sidewalls have stepped buttresses equal along each side. The walls are face brick with rendered reveals and sills to the Gothic stained glass windows. There is a brick addition at the rear with similar stepped buttresses, and the roof is low pitched.

History

The first meeting of the Methodist Church building committee was in October 1907, with some influential citizens of the time. Rev RR Fleming travelled from Beverley for the Brookton services, establishing a friendship with WM Crawford during stays at Milroy. The committee was yet to build a church, and when it was built it was already 2/3 paid for. Mr
Rossiter’s tender was accepted, on proviso that the committee supplied the bricks. The Church opened on 11 April 1909. The committee subsequently became the Church trustees. Although it was agreed in 1914 to build a manse, it did not proceed. The Independent Order of Oddfellows, the Band of Hope, and the local debating team also utilised the church as their venue. In 1977, Methodists, Presbyterians and Congregational churches formed the Uniting Church.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity : High
Authenticity : Moderate

Condition

Good

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	RELIGIOUS	Church, Cathedral or Chapel
Present Use	RELIGIOUS	Church, Cathedral or Chapel

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Wall	BRICK	Common Brick

Historic Themes

General	Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Religion

Creation Date

13 Jul 1988

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

28 Apr 2021

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