| House | $548,100  |
| Land | $372,500  |
Surrounding suburbs
| Stony Creek | $702,000  |
| House | $434 |
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| Registered as Victorian heritage |
| Last updated on - September 29, 1999 'What is Significant? This timber, possibly pre-fabricated, church was first erected in Clunes for the congregation of St Pauls Anglican Church between 1859-60 on a different site (Fraser Street) from where it is now located and with just a single nave. A photograph taken in about 1863 shows the building as a simple rectangle with no transept, no bell cote and five windows along each side. In 1869 the timber church was moved to the present site in Templeton Street and the original site in Fraser Street was sold. By December 1870 the foundation stone had been laid for a new stone Church of England which was opened in August 1871. The original timber church was then used as a Sunday School, and later as a church hall. Clunes was one of the first gold mining towns established in Victoria. Although the alluvial gold was depleted early, Clunes experienced something of a hey-day between 1861 and 1881 when its deep lead was being plumbed by a company which claimed to have one of the most efficient mining and extracting plants in the colony. How Significant? St Pauls Anglican Church Hall is architecturally and historically significant to the State of Victoria. Why significant? St Pauls Anglican Church Hall is architecturally significant as a rare example of an 1850s (possibly prefabricated) timber church. It is important as the only example of the use of vertical boards more commonly used in New Zealand and North America. The interior retains stencilled decorations, possibly added in about 1870-80, which are also important in demonstrating early decorative patterns. St Pauls Anglican Church Hall is important for its associations with the Clunes goldfield, one of the earliest developed in the State, but more particularly with its later development as a more settled 'company' town. It is historically significant for its ability to demonstrate social and cultural associations related to the importance of religion and early settlement patterns on Victoria's nineteenth century goldfields where the churches offered more than a spiritual message, they were social centres in a land where other social institutions were weak. |
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