Kin Kin_former St Lukes Anglican Church Inventory Sheet (As Published)

 

4. Aesthetic - the place has aesthetic qualities that contribute to its cultural heritage
significance.

The former church building has aesthetic significance for built form, timber construction and
decorative features, inter-war bungalow detailing and its unusual setting within the park facing
Main Street.

St Luke’s Uniting Church (former) has a strong spiritual and social association with the Kin Kin
congregation as the principal place of worship for the Anglican Church in Kin Kin since 1926.

 

5. Spiritual - the place has a strong or special association with a local community or local
cultural group, for social, cultural or spiritual reasons.

 

 

Description and place components

Designer Unknown
Builder Unknown

   

Eastern fagade toward Main Street Western facade

This building follows the pattern of churches in Noosa Shire in its timber construction, rectangular
footprint and steeply pitched gable roof. However, where many of the earlier churches would be
considered as Federation Carpenter Gothic in style, the decorative details of St Luke’s reflect the
influence of residential inter-war era bungalow style. The common characteristics it shares with
other churches in Noosa include; timber construction from locally sourced materials, single-storey
rectangular plan form, steeply pitched gabled roofs, symmetrical form with centrally placed front
entry porch/nave, timber stairs from one side, decorative gable details, lancet style pointed arched
openings, clear glass with leadlight or timber divisions creating gothic style panes giving a simplified
Gothic tracery effect.

The street address is Grady Street, but the building has an enclosed front porch facing the park
beside the Kin Kin School of Arts, toward Main Street. The main building gable has a simple
decorative treatment created with a pattern of flat fibro sheeting and timber battens typical of the
inter-war ear with the addition of a blank lancet window frame. The porch features simple openings
and a timber stair with a balustrade and handrail with details typical of the inter-war bungalow style.

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