| House | $558,300  |
| Land | $296,600  |
Surrounding suburbs
| Inverleigh | $1,124,000  |
| Lethbridge | $818,000 |
| Meredith | $766,600 |
| Teesdale | $926,700 |
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| Planning History: |
| Registered as Victorian heritage |
| What is Significant? The Leigh Presbyterian Church, 1716 Bannockburn-Shelford Road, Shelford, has significance as a tangible legacy of the development and life of the Presbyterian Church in the Leigh district since the mid 19th century, and as a predominantly intact example of a Victorian Early English Gothic style, the tower and steeple being a landmark in the town. Built in 1859 to a design by the Geelong architect, Joseph Lowe Shaw, the establishment of the church was the culmination of a collective effort by a number of wealthy pastoralists in the district, notably George Russell of Golf Hill, James Kinninmont, Alexander Armstrong of Warrambeen, the Russells of Barunah Plains, R.L. Bell, of Mt. Mercer, John and James Bell and H.M. Wilson, of Shelford. Significant fabric includes the steeply-pitched gabled and parapeted roof form, coursed random rubble bluestone wall construction, five-bayed composition defined by the projecting buttresses and two-lighted pointed-arched windows, rear Italian-pointed openings and particularly the landmark tower having a square base surmounted by an octagonal belfry and steeple. Projecting from the steeple are four ventilation gablets. The church is accessed by a central pointed-arched door opening with vertically-boarded timber doors into an entrance porch with a timber-lined ceiling. Internally, the virtues of 19th century Presbyterian austerity are also reflected in the unornamented windows (apart from the Christian Waller-designed stained glass memorial window to Captain John Biddlecombe, introduced in 1931), plain hard plastered walls, timber floor and central aisle flanked by timber pews. Decorative effect is largely confined to the slender timber ceiling trusses and the several marble, brass and bronze memorial tablets and plaques affixed to the walls. How is it Significant? The Leigh Presbyterian Church, Shelford, is architecturally, historically and socially significant at a local level. Why is it Significant? The Leigh Presbyterian Church, Shelford, is historically significant (Practice Note Criteria A & H) for its associations with the development and witness of the Presbyterian Church in the Leigh Charge since its construction in 1859. The Leigh Presbyterian Church also has important associations with key figures in the evolution of the church, including the Rev. Archibald Simpson (first incumbent), and prominent pastoralists and businessmen of the district, including George Russell of Golf Hill, James Kinninmont, Alexander Armstrong, of Warrambeen, the Russells of Barunah Plains, R.L. Bell, of Mt. Mercer, John and James Bell and H.M. Wilson, of Shelford. The church is also associated with the Geelong architect, Joseph Lowe Shaw, and it represents one of his earliest Presbyterian Church designs. The stained glass memorial window to Captain John Biddlecombe of Golf Hill, and donated in 1931 by h |
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