Scots Uniting Church, Campbellfield Explained

Scots Uniting Church, Campbellfield
Coordinates:-37.6758°N 144.9568°W
Map Relief:yes
Location:Campbellfield, Hume City, Victoria, Australia
Beginning Label:Design period
Founded:1855
Architect:Charles Laing
Owner:Uniting Church
Designation1:Victorian Heritage Register
Designation1 Offname:Scots Uniting Church
Designation1 Type:State heritage (building)
Designation1 Free1name:Type
Designation1 Free1value:Church/Cemetery/Graveyard/Burial Ground
Designation1 Free2name:Category
Designation1 Free2value:Religion
Designation1 Free3name:Builders
Designation1 Free3value:Charles Laing

Scots Uniting Church, Campbellfield is a heritage-listed building at 1702 Hume Highway, Campbellfield, Victoria, Australia.[1] It was added to the Victorian Heritage Register on 9 October 1974.[2]

It has one of the four remaining churchyards in Victoria.[2]

History

In 1842 a timber church was constructed on the site.[2] In 1855 the bluestone church, designed by Charles Laing, was built to replace the original church.[2]

Graveyard

The churchyard, which adjoins Scots Uniting Church, has its earliest surviving gravestone from 1846.[2] The cemetery contains approximately 150 burials.

Heritage listing

Scots Uniting Church was listed on the Victorian Heritage Register on 9 October 1974.[2]

See also

St Andrew's Graveyard, Brighton

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Scot's Church, Campbellfield, 1855, North View . Victorian Places . 28 March 2023.
  2. Web site: Scots Uniting Church . Victorian Heritage Database . . 28 March 2023 . 9 October 1974.