Posted On: October 21st 2026, 06:02 am
Wesley Church, then & now. At the heart of the precinct is Wesley Church, opened in 1858 and designed by Joseph Reed. One of Melbourne’s early Gothic Revival landmarks.
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@wesleyplacemelbClient / Developer
Charter Hall
Architecture
@coxarchitectureLandscape Architecture
@oculusstudioPlanting
@fytogreen_australiaHeritage Architecture
@lovellchenArchaeology + Heritage
Dr Vincent Clark & Associates
Christine Williamson Heritage Consultants
Heritage Interpretation
@thylacinedesign (installation design)
Grimwade Conservation Services (artefact conservation)
Heritage Restoration
@hsrgroup (Wesley Church, Manse, School House, Caretaker's Cottage)
@aboderestoration (Nicholas Hall façade)
Heritage Project Management
@armitagejonesBuilder, 130, 140 and 150 Lonsdale
@lendleaseStructural, Civil and Geotechnical Engineering
@aecom Partners
Heritage Victoria
@unitingchurchauPhotography
@trevermein@lyntoncrabbImagery Sources:
Wesley Church, c.1925. Source: State Library of Victoria, H86.108/63
Wesley Church interior, c.1925. Source: Annual Report, 1925, reproduced in The Challenge of the City, 1993