Ann Street Presbyterian Church
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Ann Street Presbyterian Church, 2015
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| Location | 141 Ann Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°28′05″S 153°01′28″E / 27.468°S 153.0244°ECoordinates: 27°28′05″S 153°01′28″E / 27.468°S 153.0244°E |
| Design period | 1840s–1860s (mid-19th century) |
| Built | 1858, 1871, 1897, 1936 |
| Architect | Alexander Brown Wilson, Douglas Francis Woodcraft Roberts |
| Official name: Ann Street Presbyterian Church | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600071 |
| Significant period | 1858, 1871, 1897 (fabric) |
| Significant components | steps/stairway, wall/s, furniture/fittings, pipe organ |
| Builders | Joshua Jeays |
 Location of Ann Street Presbyterian Church in Queensland
Location of Ann Street Presbyterian Church in Queensland
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Ann Street Presbyterian Church is a heritage-listed church at 141 Ann Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1858 by Joshua Jeays, altered and extended in 1897 to a design by Alexander Brown Wilson with further extensions designed by Douglas Francis Woodcraft Roberts in 1936. The church was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
The first major contingent of Presbyterians to arrive in Queensland came as part of John Dunmore Lang's immigration scheme in the late 1840s. The first Presbyterian services were conducted in a house at Kangaroo Point until 1851 when a small timber church was opened at South Brisbane. For the benefit of North Brisbane residents, services were also conducted in the School of Arts building on the corner of Queen and Creek streets.
In 1854 the congregation purchased three allotments in Ann Street and four years later a simple stone building, erected by Joshua Jeays for a cost of £960, was opened and became known as the Ann Street Presbyterian Church. A fire on 21 December 1871 destroyed all but the stone walls of the church, and it was rebuilt in the following year.
In 1897 major alterations and additions were undertaken. Designed by Alexander Brown Wilson, the work included the addition of buttresses, double transepts, a basement, the construction of stone steps and fence at the front, plastering of the exterior, and the installation of a rose window in the front wall. Further work was undertaken to the interior in 1903 to accommodate and a new organ, and between 1903–14 a third transept was added.
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