Brougham Place Uniting Church

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Brougham Place Uniting Church
Main entrance of Brougham Place Uniting Church, 2004
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34°54′34″S 138°36′1″E / 34.90944°S 138.60028°E / -34.90944; 138.60028
LocationBrougham Place, North Adelaide, South Australia
CountryAustralia
DenominationUniting (since 1977)
Previous denominationCongregational (1859 – 1977)
Websitebpuc.org
History
Former name(s)North Adelaide Congregational Church
StatusChurch
Founded20 October 1859 (1859-10-20)
Founder(s)Rev. James Jefferis
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)
Architectural typeChurch
StyleVictorian Free Classical
Groundbreaking15 May 1860
Completed14 July 1872
Construction costc. A£11,000
Administration
SynodSouth Australia
PresbyteryWimala
ParishBrougham Place
Clergy
Minister(s)Rev. Linda Driver

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

History[edit]

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.

References[edit]

  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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