St Hilary's Hall (fmr)

Statement of Significance

• The place has social value as a venue for gathering of members of the community for spiritual or social purposes since the 1940s.

Physical Description

A single storey building of rendered brick construction. It is situated in the middle of a large lot and faces both Caledonian Avenue and Rowlands Street. The building has a corrugated metal gabled roof with a matching roof to the porch facing the primary street frontage of Caledonian Avenue. The porch has a centrally located cross in the gable end and a single narrow fixed pane window on the left. The front entry door is concealed by the porch. A simple full width verandah runs along the left side of the building and is supported on square metal posts. To the primary street frontage the building is set behind open metal fencing atop a low rendered wall. The secondary street frontage the building is set behind a freestanding carport and garage and brick pier and panel fencing with open metal infill panels. The building has a paved driveway and footpath with low plantings.

History

The land for this church was donated to the organisation in the early 1940s. A small building was constructed in the centre of the lot in 1938-39 by registered builder Reverend Hawkins. It was first known as St Hilary's Hall. The church became the Maylands Spiritualist Church Inc. in 1944 and then officially the Maylands Christian Spiritualist Church Inc. on 14 March 1945. Since its original construction there have been several additions and alterations. A kitchen and toilets were added to the rear of the building in 1978, and in 1995 the front of the building facing Caledonian Avenue was intended. Parking, storage shed and covered walkways are later additions. The Maylands Christian Spiritualists Church continues to use the premises on a regular basis.

Condition

Good

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