Scots Uniting Church, Campbellfield

Early Presbyterian church and graveyard in Victoria, Australia

37°40′33″S 144°57′24″E / 37.6758°S 144.9568°E / -37.6758; 144.9568Founded1855ArchitectCharles LaingOwnerUniting Church
Victorian Heritage Register
Official nameScots Uniting ChurchTypeState heritage (building)TypeChurch/Cemetery/Graveyard/Burial GroundCategoryReligionBuildersCharles Laing
Scots Uniting Church, Campbellfield is located in Victoria
Scots Uniting Church, Campbellfield
Location of Scots Uniting Church, Campbellfield in Victoria

Scots Uniting Church, Campbellfield is a heritage-listed building at 1702 Hume Highway, Campbellfield, Victoria, Australia.[1][2] 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

References

  1. ^ "Scot's Church, Campbellfield, 1855, North View". Victorian Places. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Scots Uniting Church". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Council of Victoria. 9 October 1974. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  • Scots Uniting Church Cemetery at Find a Grave
  • Campbellfield (Scots Church) Cemetery - BillionGraves