Thornlie Baptist Church

Author

City of Gosnells

Place Number

20074

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Location

24A Wynyard Way Thornlie

Location Details

Lot 205 on Plan 6876

Local Government

Gosnells

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1970

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

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Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

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Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	13 Sep 2016	Category 3	Category 3 A place of some/moderate cultural heritage significance to City of Gosnells. No constraints. Recommend: Conservation of the place is desirable. Any alterations or extensions should reinforce the significance of the place, and original fabric should be retained wherever feasible. Encourage retention of the place, and document the place if retention is not possible.

Statement of Significance

Thornlie Baptist Church has historic value as the first church built in Thornlie which is associated with the rapid development of the suburb from the 1950s to the 1970s.

The place has social value for the past and present members of the Thornlie and wider community who have attended the church for religious and social events.

Physical Description

The single storey simple rectangular form features a gabled entry and additional gabled porch area. The main gable roof is a pavilion form. The building has been renovated and developed since its construction. The western section of the building was constructed before 1994 and the southern end of the building built in 1994. In 2005 the tiled roof was replaced with Colorbond sheeting.

History

In September 1954, the 1,715-acre property of the former Thornlie Park Estate, was put up for auction in two lots , and the first development took place on 228 acres of Lot 1, purchased by D. and M. O'Sullivan. The area was aimed mainly at middle-income earners and inner city dwellers There were forty houses completed by March 1957 and one hundred by May 1958.

Wynyard Way was one of the roads in the first precinct of development for the new suburb in the late 1950s. A plan of the subdivision shows the church property as a special use site.

The Thornlie Baptist Church was founded in 1968 and members of the congregation began by meeting in local residents’, (the Holland’s) living room. Land was bought within the residential area and the church building was self built by members of the congregation. It was the first church built in Thornlie.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High degree
Authenticty: Moderate to high degree

Condition

Good

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Real Estate Institute of Western Australia; "Suburb Profile- Thornlie".		2007
	Information provided by the Thornlie Living History Group
	McDonald & Cooper;"The Gosnells Story".		1988

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	RELIGIOUS	Church, Cathedral or Chapel
Original Use	RELIGIOUS	Church, Cathedral or Chapel

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	BRICK	Common Brick
Roof	METAL	Zincalume

Creation Date

15 Jul 2011

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Approved

Last Update

14 Feb 2020

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