St Georges Presbyterian Church  

Geelong Historic Buildings

St George`s Presbyterian Church in Geelong was formed in 1861 by a breakaway group from the St Andrew`s Presbyterian Church in Yarra Street. The large and finely constructed Church reflects the wealth of many of the Church`s foundation patrons, which included Francis Ormond and other western district squatters. The Church as completed is a significant and intact work of noted ecclesiastical architect Billing. Important Presbyterian Church historian, the Reverend A J Campbell, was the first incumbent

The foundation stone of St George`s Presbyterian Church in Latrobe Terrace, Geelong, was laid on 12 June 1861. Brown and Gibson, contractors, built this early English Gothic Church from designs by architect Nathaniel Billing. The original large nave with vestry and apse constructed of irregularly coursed basalt with Hawkesbury River freestone dressings was extended by the additions of transepts and vestibule in 1908 and spire and tower in 1936.