Brougham Place Uniting Church
| Brougham Place Uniting Church | |
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Main entrance of Brougham Place Uniting Church, 2004 | |
Brougham Place Uniting Church | |
| 34°54′34″S 138°36′1″E / 34.90944°S 138.60028°E | |
| Location | Brougham Place, North Adelaide, South Australia |
| Country | Australia |
| Denomination | Uniting (since 1977) |
Previous denomination | Congregational (1859 – 1977) |
| Website | bpuc |
| History | |
Former name | North Adelaide Congregational Church |
| Status | Church |
| Founded | 20 October 1859 |
| Founder | Rev. James Jefferis |
| Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
| Architects |
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Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Victorian Free Classical |
| Groundbreaking | 15 May 1860 |
| Completed | 14 July 1872 |
Construction cost | c. A£11,000 |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Brougham Place |
Brougham Place Uniting Church is a Uniting church located at Brougham Place, North Adelaide, South Australia.
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]
The church was at one time referred to as Jefferis' Church[5] for James Jefferis, the first pastor, who served from its inception on 20 October 1859,[6] when services were held in the temperance hall in Tynte Street, North Adelaide, to 1877, then from 1895 to 1901, when he retired.[7]
It looks over Brougham Gardens in the Adelaide Parklands.
References
- ^ Sullivan, Christine (2008). "Architect Personal Details: Wright, Edmund William". Architects of South Australia. University of South Australia. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Architects of South Australia - Architect Details - Frost, Thomas". Architects of South Australia. Architecture Museum, University of South Australia. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ "Brougham Place Uniting Church". OHTA Conference Book 1986. Organ Historical Trust of Australia. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- ^ "Obituary". The Leader (Angaston). Vol. X, no. 523. South Australia. 18 October 1928. p. 1. Retrieved 22 August 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Congregationalism". South Australian Register. Vol. XXIII, no. 4063. South Australia. 21 October 1859. p. 2. Retrieved 30 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Phillips, Walter (1972). "'Jefferis, James (1833–1917)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 4. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
Bibliography
- "CHURCHES CHURCH AFFAIRS". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 8 September 1923. p. 8. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
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