Repost this day 2017 new photos 2018:
Always thought this very unusual thing on #PuntRoad was an old funeral parlour, but no it was built as a church, in 1939 ! The #ApostolicChurch (an English Pentecostal movement apparently). May explain why looks like a wild gothicish theatre or public building rather than a church, plus it’s built to all the boundaries.
The architect was L E Warner, who thanks to the Dictionary of Unsung Architects I now know is best known for this design, when he was only 35, and who was probably inspired by the out-there 1920s churches of US architect #BarryByrne, with a dash of German #brickexpressionism. Pity it’s lost its gothicy window tracery, a few bits left round the sides. Been offices for as long as I can remember. Nice inside originally too.
March 2026
I’m reposting because it’s up for sale. It’s heritage listed, and built to the side boundaries, but there’s space behind ….last pics two churches by Barry Byrne, one in Chicago, one in Racine, Wisconsin.
Storey of Melbourne 