Brougham Place Uniting Church

Brougham Place Uniting Church
Brougham Place Uniting Church
	Main entrance of Brougham Place Uniting Church, 2004
	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.org
History
Former name(s)	North Adelaide Congregational Church
Status	Church
Founded	20 October 1859
Founder(s)	Rev. James Jefferis
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Edmund Wright; E. A. Hamilton; Thomas Frost (tower and hall);
Architectural type	Church
Style	Victorian Free Classical
Groundbreaking	15 May 1860
Completed	14 July 1872
Construction cost	c. A£11,000
Administration
Synod	South Australia
Presbytery	Wimala
Parish	Brougham Place
Clergy
Minister(s)	Rev. Linda Driver
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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.

External links

Official Site

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[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] "Obituary". The Leader (Angaston). Vol. X, no. 523. South Australia. 18 October 1928. p. 1. Retrieved 22 August 2025 – via National Library of Australia.

[6] "Congregationalism". South Australian Register. Vol. XXIII, no. 4063. South Australia. 21 October 1859. p. 2. Retrieved 30 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

[7] 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.

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