Newtown - Noble Street Uniting Church
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Noble Street Uniting Church

Newtown, VIC 3220

Church Information

Church Name: Noble Street Uniting Church
Church Previous Name: Nobel Street Wesleyan Methodist Church/Noble Street Methodist Church
Denomination: Uniting Church in Australia
Street Address: 31 Noble St, Newtown VIC 3220, Australia
Suburb: Newtown
State: VIC
Postcode: 3220
Foundation Stone Laid: 14-06-1854
Foundation Stone Notes: 

A foundation stone was laid in 14 June 1854 by Mr Westcott of Barwon Grange. The text on the foundation stone is not known. Information/photographs are invited.

A tablet above the front door records: Methodist - Church - 1854.

There are four memorial stained glass windows in the church1.

  • Depicts the Good Shepherd and the inscription records: "To the glory of God and in loving memory of William Francis and his beloved wife Ellen who faithfully served God and this church. 1853 - 1932. The gift of their sons and daughters'" 
  • Depicts Faith and Valour and includes a roll of honour for those who served in WWII. The inscription records: "In honour of those men and women of this church and school who served in the World War 1939-1945" and  "At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them"
  • Depicts Follow Me and the inscription records: "To the Glory of God and in remembrance of Allan Wm Frier, 25 years a guide and counsellor of the young men of the Noble Street Church, Sunday School and Young Men's Club". [1954]
  • Depicts He is Risen and the inscription records: "In memory of the pioneers of the Noble St Methodist Church and lay who over past years have rendered sincere Christian service."   It was the gift, in 1961, of Henry C Fagg and his wife Constance, and may also be in remembrance of their son Eric killed in WWII. 
Date Opened: 05-11-1854
Date Closed: unknown
Email: admin@churchesaustralia.org - Website use only

Comments

The Noble Street Uniting Church, Newtown is part of the Port Phillip West Presbytery and the Uniting Church Synod of Victoria & Tasmania. "Early in the Spring of 1849, the first Methodist services were conducted under the trees on Chilwell Flat, opposite Saffron Street, by Mr Waldock, a Methodist lay preacher. George Gaylard and James Wilson began a Sunday school in a house owned by William Barnes in Saffron Street in 1849, and a bluestone building measuring 30 feet by 20 feet was erected in 1850, also in Saffron Street. This building was then used as a day school and Sunday school when the new church was built and has since been demolished."1 The first section of the present church building was opened on 5/11/1854. However, it soon became too small for the congregation, so the southern wall was removed and the building enlarged in 1859. An organ was installed, and a choir gallery and transepts were added in 1876. A new Sunday School hall was erected behind the church building in 1890, and a Kindergarten was built in 1915. The church was initially built for the Wesleyan Methodist Church which became part of the Methodist Church about 1900, and part of the Uniting Church in 1977. More historical information/photographs of the church/congregation are invited. Photographs uploaded 2/4/2022.

Note 1: Supplied by Carollyn Williams, Editor, The Pivot Tree, Quarterly Magazine Geeling Family History Group, on 6/8/2025.



Note: Photograph attribution/source - https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMQWMD_Noble_St_Uniting_Church_former_Methodist_Newtown_Victoria 
Last Updated: Wednesday 6th August, 2025
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