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| Constructed | (1st) 1917. (2nd) 2018 |
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| Builder | (1st) Mr. R. J. Werner, 16 Ross Street, Port Melbourne. (2nd) unknown |
Timelapse Building Images
2017
2017
West Melbourne Baptist Church commissioned builder R J Werner, of 16 Ross Street, Port Melbourne, to build this brick manse in 1917 for an estimated cost of ₤900.
The Ministers manse included an entry hall, front bedroom, study, dining, bathroom, two bedrooms, breakfast room, kitchen at the rear, pantry, wash house, and a WC was attached.
The church was demolished in 1962 to make way for a service station.
The Sun newspaper 1 June 1962
1980
photo taken by Vu Viet Ngan
North & West Melbourne News
Land Details
The Crown Grant was made to Trustees Gibbs, Smith, Harvey & McFarlane and to their heirs:
To provide a site for a church or place of worship for the public praise and worship of God by the members of the religious body society or denomination known as “Baptists”.
The grant excludes
- All gold, silver, coal.
- The use of all such parts of the said land as shall be required for making railways canals watercourses reservoirs drains or services over in upon or through the same with full and free liberty of ingress egress and regress into out of and upon the said land for such purposes.
- The use for a road or highway or thoroughfare.
The grant is subject to:
- Use as and for a church or place of worship for by the Baptists under and in accordance with such regulations as shall from time to time be made by the said Smith, Gibbs, Harvey and McFarlane or the survivors of them or other the trustees and for no other purposes whatsoever.
- If the trustees permit or suffer the said land and premises or any part thereof to be used for or applied to any other than the purpose aforesaid or to become out of proper order and repair or shall alienate or attempt to alienate in fee simple or for any less estate or interest the said land and premises or any part thereof, save and except under and in pursuance of some law hereafter to be in force within the said Colony, it shall be lawful for the Governor persons duly authorised by the Government to reenter upon the said land or any part thereof and to hold possess and as if this grant had not been made.
- The Trustees are not to reside outside the Colony.
The complete text of the Crown Grant is provided below.
Victoria by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen Defender of the faith and so forth To all to whom these represents shall come Greeting to here as the Crown land hereinafter described was under the Act of the Parliament of Our Colony of Victoria numbered one hundred and forty five (being the “Act to consolidate and amend the laws relating to the sale and Occupation of Crown Lands”) lawfully permanently reserved from sale by the Governor of our said colony with the advice of the Executive Council of the same for the purposes hereinafter appearing and possession of such land has been given Now Know Ye that in order to provide a site for a church or place of worship at North Melbourne in our said Colony for the public praise and worship of God by the members of the religious body society or denomination known as “Baptists” We of our own special grace Have Granted and for Us our Heirs and successors Do hereby grant unto ‘William Smith of Victoria street Melbourne in the said Colony Ham Curer, Edward Maddox Gibbs of Dudley street West Melbourne solicitor, Robert Joseph Harvey of Roden street West Melbourne Tinsmith and Thomas McFarlane of Miller street West Melbourne Engineer and to their heirs All that piece of land in the said Colony containing Two roods and seven perches more or less situated in the County of Bourke Parish of North Melbourne commencing at the north west angle of the site the said angle being formed by the junction of the south west side of King street with the east side of Curzon street bounded thence by King street bearing south easterly to the north west side of Hawke street thence by Hawke street bearing south westerly to a line formed by the prolongation of the north side of Miller street thence by that line bearing west to the east side of Curzon street aforesaid and thence by Curzon street bearing north to the point of commencement and shown with the measurements and abuttals thereof in the map drawn in the margin of these presents and therein colored yellow Together with all the rights members privileges and appurtenances whatsoever to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining Reserving and excepting nevertheless unto us our Heirs and successors all gold silver and coal with full and free liberty to search and dig for win work and take away the same and with the right of full and free ingress egress and regress into out of and upon the said land for such purposes And Also reserving and excepting the use of all such parts of the said land as shall be required for making railways canals watercourses reservoirs drains or services over in upon or through the same with full and free liberty of ingress egress and regress into out of and upon the said land for such purposes And Also reserving and excepting unto our subjects and people in the said Colony the public use of all such parts of the said land as shall from time to time be proclaimed as or otherwise become either a main or district road or other public highway or thoroughfare To Have and to hold the said land and premises unto the said William Smith, Edward Maddox Gibbs, Robert Joseph Harvey and Thomas McFarlane and to their heirs Provided nevertheless and we do hereby expressly declare that this Our Royal Grant is and shall be subject to the conditions provisions and declarations hereinafter mentioned (that is to say) That the said land hereby granted and the buildings for the time being thereon shall be at all times hereafter maintained and used as and for a church or place of worship for the public praise and worship of God by the said religious body society or denomination and offices and conveniences connected therewith under and in accordance with such a regulations as shall from time to time be made by the said William Smith, Edward Maddox Gibbs, Robert Joseph Harvey and Thomas McFarlane or the survivors of them or other the trustees for the time being of the said land and premises (such survivors or other trustees not being less than two in number at the making of such regulations) and for no other purposes whatsoever Provided Also and we do hereby further declare that if the said William Smith, Edward Maddox Gibbs, Robert Joseph Harvey, Robert Joseph Harvey and Thomas McFarlane or the survivors or survivors of them or other the trustees or trustee of the said land and premises shall permit or suffer the said land and premises or any part thereof to be used for or applied to any other than the purpose aforesaid or to become out of proper order and repair or shall alienate or attempt to alienate in fee simple or for any less estate or interest the said land and premises or any part thereof save and except under and in pursuance of some law hereafter to be in force within the said Colony it shall be lawful for Us Our Heirs and successors by any person or persons duly authorised in that behalf by the Governor or other officer for the time being administering the Government of our said Colony to reenter upon the said land or any part thereof and to hold possess and enjoy the same as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as if this grant had not been made Provided Also and we do hereby further declare that if the said William Smith, Edward Maddox Gibbs, Robert Joseph Harvey and Thomas McFarlane or any of them or any trustee or trustee to be appointed as hereinafter provided shall die or go to reside out of our said Colony or shall devise to be discharged from or refuse or decline or become incapable to act in the trust aforesaid then and in every such case it shall be lawful for the Governor or other officer for the time being administering the Government of our said Colony either by Deed or by any instrument in writing under his hand sealed with the seal of Our said Colony to appoint a new trustee or new trustees in the place of the trustee or trustees so dying or going to reside out of Our said Colony or desiring to be discharged or refusing or declining or becoming incapable to act as aforesaid and upon every or any such appointment the number of trustees may be increased and upon every such appointment the said piece or parcel of land hereditaments and premises hereinbefore described shall be so conveyed and assured that the same may become vested in the surviving or continuing trustee or trustees jointly with such new trustee or trustees or in such new trustee or trustees solely as the case may require In testimony whereof we have caused this our grant to be sealed with the seal of our said Colony Witness Our trust and well beloved Sir John Henry Thomas Manners Sutton, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath Governor and Commander in chief of our said Colony of Victoria at Melbourne in Victoria aforesaid this first day of October in the thirtieth day in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and sixty six.
Entered in the Register Book
Vol 379. Folio 75.791.
- H. Aldsey
Register of Titles
Building Details
Contributory elements include:
• detached brick single-storey Arts and Crafts Bungalow on an island site;
• rough-cast stucco main wall finish with red brick featured in gable ends and as dado;
• gabled roof form clad with unglazed Marseilles pattern terra cotta tiles, with red brick chimneys and pots, and louvered gable vents;
• distinctive Arts and Crafts arched and buttressed porch, arches trimmed with red rubbed brickwork, also used as window headers elsewhere;
• flat roof boxed and faceted window bays, with leaded toplight;
• entry door with top and side lights; and• symbolic link with former church occupation of site.
West Melbourne Heritage Review 2016
Subsequent Building Alterations
2018: The minister’s manse residence was demolished by the Eight Day Baptist Church congregation to redevelop the community site into apartments for a multi million dollar tax free profit.
Architectural Features
Building Ornamentation
Brick
Windows
Timber
Fin Wall
Brick
Fence
Timber
Gate
Timber
Doors
Stained Glass
Chimney
Terracotta
Garden
Heritage Significance and Listings
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The West Melbourne Baptist Church manse had significance. • Historically, as the only physical link with the long and history of the Baptist congregation in North & West Melbourne on this reserve and, itself, the place for near to 100 years of occupation by the church; and • Aesthetically, a well-preserved and early example of an Arts and Crafts Bungalow style manse. source: West Melbourne Heritage Review 2016 |
Owners
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Residents
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Social History
Context and Streetscape
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This property is located within the municipality of the City of Melbourne. We respectfully acknowledge it is on the traditional land of the Kulin Nation. |
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The controls listed below affect this property: This information must be verified with the relevant planning or heritage authority. |
| Streetscape |
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Hawke Street and the surrounding streetscapes in part, were indirectly influenced by news about the discovery of Gold by Dunlop and Regan in Victoria at Poverty Point, Ballarat in 1851. News of that find led to a great influx of migrants arriving in old Melbourne, seeking fortune and a better life, but housing in old Melbourne was in short supply. The sheer volume of arrivals led to pressure on authorities to expand the size of the colonial settlement, described by Albert Mattingley in his recollections of The Early History of North Melbourne, in 1916. In 1852, government surveyor Charles Laing’s ‘Plan of the City of Melbourne and its Extension Northwards’ helped alleviate dramatically the pressure for more housing. Vacant building allotments were pegged, surveyed, and allocated for sale towards the north, on La-Trobe, Adderley, Jeffcott, Spencer, Batman, King, Dudley, Rosslyn, Stanley, Roden and Hawke Street. Blocks of land were auctioned, with Hawke Street land first offered for sale in May, 1853. By October 1853, W.M. Tennent wrote in the Argus newspaper: “Hawke Street is most desirably situated, is in a most healthy and elevated position and commands extensive views of the shipping in the bay and of all surrounding districts” The race to be the first to have an influence on Hawke streetscape was won in July 1853 by Scotsman, Colin Campbell, who created two stone and brick rendered dwellings and a timber workshop at 19, 21 and 23 Hawke. He was quickly followed a week later by Thomas Stevens who built four wooden cottages on the corner of Hawke and King Streets. Steven’s wooden dwellings were later replaced in 1920 by S. J. Marshall’s architect- designed pharmaceutical laboratory while Campbell’s buildings were demolished in 1972 when the three-storey red brick Miami hotel was created in their place. In the 1890s, the Hawke residential streetscape began to slowly change with the introduction of industry. The largest of the early industrial buildings that had moved out of Melbourne’s CBD, made its new home on the corner of Hawke and Adderley Streets. It was designed by architects Oakden, Addison & Kemp and built in 1889 by John Dunton for Brisco & Co. who were cast iron merchants of Elizabeth Street Melbourne. At the most southern end, an 1868 resident and engineer, Gideon James, and his wife Catherine, once lived at 207 Hawke while Gideon operated the Avon Tool Works business located next door at 199 Hawke until 1909. Their double- fronted Victorian home and garden and nearby workshop both were demolished in the 1920s and replaced by a two-storey red brick industrial building that has since been converted into 12 townhouses. The southern end of the Hawke streetscape in the late 1860s was also home to a handful of important greengrocer and butcher shops. Among their owners were names such as James Ibbetson, William Wood, and Mrs. Mary Ann Smith. In 1881, the streetscape continued to change with the arrival of Miss. J. Hutchinson’s mantle & underclothing factory at 96 Hawke, and Francis Gillman, who lived and operated a boot factory at 62 Hawke. The streetscape continued evolving when both Victorian period homes and workshops were demolished and replaced Number 96 is now a park and number 62 is a modern red and cream brick construction built in the 1980s. Following World War Two, the Hawke streetscape received a rush of extra industrial buildings, from the Spencer Street corner southwards. These factories made all manner of items from electric batteries to spark plugs and baby carriages, marketed nationwide. In 1895, the street contained 89 Victorian era dwellings. Seven Federation dwellings followed soon after. As of 2022, Hawke Street has lost 43 heritage dwellings, removed from its streetscape forever. Without stronger heritage protection laws, by the year 2150, the number of heritage dwellings in this streetscape potentially could face total obliteration. The remaining historic dwellings on Hawke Street are important to the area because they are socially and historically significant buildings that retain private back yard gardens and they relate directly to the early development of West Melbourne. The Hawke streetscape today contains a collection of outstanding Victorian and Federation dwellings, which are a particularly well-preserved group from important architectural periods in time. These dwellings are interspersed by some industrial buildings, with two early hotels predominantly on the southern side south of the Hawke and Spencer Street intersection. The North and West Melbourne Precinct is of historical, social, and aesthetic/architectural significance to the local residents and to the City of Melbourne. It is of historical significance, as a predominantly Victorian-era precinct associated with the nineteenth century growth of Melbourne to its north and west. The residents living in the heritage dwellings along the streetscape are impacted by a push to increase residential density through conversions of the two to three storey red brick industrial buildings into six to eight story blocks of flats, blocks that offer little or no onsite car parking or onsite garden space. It is imperative existing heritage regulations within the wider built environment be strengthened and laws be strictly followed. All development that occurs in future on Hawke Street ought to be architecturally respectful of the existing style, low scale heights and the hand-crafted materials utilised in keeping with the historic style. Some might say the residents of Hawke Street and the surrounding streets of greater Melbourne owe a debt of gratitude to the wise Victorian settlers who created the beautiful terrace homes found along these streetscapes of today. |
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