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The Band Hall (former United Methodist Chapel), 52 Wakeham Street, Stawell, has significance as a moderately intact example of a rudimentary Victorian Romanesque Gothic style. Built in 1871, the building is a legacy of the development of the United Methodist Church, which amalgamated to form the Methodist Church of Australasia in 1902. From that time, the building served as a Masonic Temple until 1926, before becoming a Band Hall in 1929 for the Stawell Brass Band. Although there have been some alterations and additions to the building, the original and early form and design is still extant, and the building appears to be in fair condition when viewed from the street.
The Band Hall (former United Methodist Chapel) at 52 Wakeham Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. Although altered, it still demonstrates original and early design qualities of a rudimentary Victorian Romanesque Gothic style. These qualities include the steeply pitched and parapeted gable roof form, together with the projecting gable at the side and the small gable porch at one end. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the round arched window openings, projecting brick buttresses, brick wall construction (but not the overpainting), corrugated profile to the metal sheet roof cladding, brick chimney with multi-corbelled top and the small blind oculus window in the gable end.
The Band Hall (former United Methodist Chapel) at 52 Wakeham Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the development of the United Methodist Church, who was responsible for the construction of this chapel building in 1871. The building also has associations with the local Masonic fraternity, who occupied the building as a Masonic Temple after the amalgamation of the Methodist denominations (forming the Methodist Church of Australasia in 1902) from 1902 until 1926. There are also associations with the Stawell Brass Band, who have used the building as a practice hall since 1929.
The Band Hall (former United Methodist Chapel) at 52 Wakeham Street is socially significant at a LOCAL level. It is recognised by the Stawell community as an important meeting place, having been a centre for religious and cultural development since 1871.
Overall, the Band Hall (former United Methodist Chapel) at 52 Wakeham Street is of LOCAL significance. |
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