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Apr 14 2012

27-04-1935: St. Andrew’s, Box Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

St Andrews church at Box Hill had its origins as the West Melbourne Presbyterian Church which was demolished in 1935 and rebuilt at Box Hill as St Andrew’s using the same bluestone blocks.

Amongst the money raising ventures to pay for the new Box Hill church were the sale of tiny pieces of stone from the original building and the re-dedication of the original Ferguson & Urie stained glass windows for £50 each. The appearance of the new memorial dates below the windows gives the impression that the windows are of more recent origin than their original date of manufacture.

The foundation stone of the new church at Box Hill was laid on the 27th of April 1935 and was opened on the 14th December 1935. When the new church was built, its original West Melbourne character was retained but it was shortened by 10ft which was one complete window bay (each side).

St Andrews is a rarity as every stained glass window in the building was produced by Ferguson & Urie of Melbourne (another is St George’s Church  Queenscliff). According to the St Andrews church history booklet produced in 1985, eleven of the original Ferguson & Urie windows from the nave were reinstalled in the nave at Box Hill, one went to Trinity church in Camberwell (confirmed as extant), and the remaining windows were refashioned to make the windows in the foyer, tower room, vestries and porches. The main Apostle window was placed in the West Melbourne church in 1876 when the tower was built which faced William Street in Melbourne. The window originally showed two rows of four full length figures of apostles with the head of another apostle above each figure. When it was installed in St Andrews it was remodeled to show the upper four Apostles in one window and the lower four apostles divided into two windows which now flank the one on either side in the tower.

The original Ferguson & Urie stained glass now appears as twenty one sets of windows in the Box Hill church.

The photos were taken 29th October 2010. Every window in the church is represented in this slideshow.

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Apr 14 2012

09-09-1935: Trinity Church, Camberwell, Victoria, Australia.

In 1935 the West Melbourne Presbyterian Church was dismantled and re-erected as St Andrew’s at Box Hill. St Andrew’s was meant to be a faithful replica of the old West Melbourne Church and so the stained glass windows were included in the reconstruction.

Except for one, which found its new home at Trinity Church, Camberwell.

The Argus, Melbourne, Monday 9th September 1935, page 5.

 “JUBILEE SERVICE”

“Trinity Church, Camberwell”.

 “…During the service Mr. Macaulay announced that in honour of the Rev. P. J. Murdoch’s long ministry in the church Sir Keith and lady Murdoch had decided to provide a stained glass window, of three lights, for the church….”

Albury Banner and Wodonga Express, NSW, Friday 7th February 1936, page 15.

“On Sunday Rev. R. W. Macaulay dedicated a renovated stained glass window at Trinity Presbyterian Church, Camberwell. The window was originally erected in the West Melbourne Presbyterian Church to commemorate the ministry there of Rev. P. J. Murdock, who was also minister at Camberwell from 1887 till his retirement.”

The window mentioned here has been confirmed to be the one the fourteen three-light nave windows that came from the old West Melbourne Church that was dismantled in 1935. It would appear this window was obtained by Sir Keith Murdoch for Trinity Church Camberwell and erected in the name of his father’s long standing ministry in the Church. It was unveiled on Sunday 2nd February 1936. (see post 01-02-1936)

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The window contains a piece of scripture in the centre of each of the three lights with the relevant bible reference:

“I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE” “JOHN: 14-6”

“SHEW ME THY WAY O LORD” “PS: 25-4” (Psalms 25-4)

“SEEK YE THE LORD WHILE HE MAY BE FOUND” “IS: 55-6” (Isaiah 55-6)

 

Biography: Rev Patrick John Murdoch (1850-1940)

Biography: Sir Keith Arthur Murdoch (1885-1952).

Related posts: 29-04-1867 > 02-05-1867>  27-04-1935 > 09-09-1935 > 16-12-1935 > 01-02-1936

To see a slideshow of the entire cycle of windows at St Andrews Box Hill, see post:  27-04-1935

Apr 14 2012

16-12-1935: St. Andrew’s, Box Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

The Argus, Melbourne, Monday 16th December 1935, page 4.

“The Pulpit – ST. ANDREW’S CHURCH TRANSFERRED. Opened on New Site at Box Hill”.

“With the original key which opened the old Gothic doors of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church at West Melbourne, the same doors were reopened on Saturday, when the church, which has been re-erected at White Horse road, Box Hill, was dedicated on its new site in the presence of nearly 1,000 people…”

“…The Apostle window, valued at £1,500, has been placed in the lower portion of the tower, visible within the church above a gallery. Flood-lighting will make it visible at night from the road…”

The Apostle window and all other windows in the Box Hill Church came from the former West Melbourne Church, all of which were made by Ferguson & Urie. The final service in the old West Melbourne Church was held on Sunday 3rd February 1935.

Note: Only images of the Apostle window are shown in this slide show. The photos were taken on the 28th November 2010. There was no access to the gallery for closeup shots and only portions of the windows could be taken from varying angles with a zoom lens.

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To see a slideshow of the entire cycle of windows at St Andrews Box Hill, see post:  27-04-1935

Related posts: 29-04-1867 > 02-05-1867>  27-04-1935 > 09-09-1935 > 16-12-1935 > 01-02-1936

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