Wesley Church and Oddfellows Hall

Wesley Church

Style

Colonial to Victorian Gothic

Year started

1848

Years modified

1869, 1933

Wesley Church and Oddfellows Hall

The Methodist Church was the second church in the district and the sandstone chapel, now a hall at the rear of the site, was opened in 1849.

Between 1871 and 1879, the chapel served as Council Chambers.

A new sandstone church was opened in 1870, and the George H. Trevitt Memorial Hall in 1933.

Today, the Church is known as the Ryde Wesley Uniting Church and the premises are shared with two other groups, International School of Music and The Salvation Army Korean Corps.

The sandstone hall on the corner of Church Street and Church Lane was originally the hall of the first Friendly Society to operate in Ryde.

Oddfellow's Lodge Uniting Friends Number 48 started in1864 and this hall was opened in late 1869. It was built on a separate lot adjacent to the church land but was taken over by the church in 1917.

A public meeting in this hall led to the incorporation of Ryde on 12 November 1870. Nominations for the first council were called in February 1871 and among those elected were James Devlin of Willandra, Charles Blaxland of Cleves, and Edward Terry of Eastwood House.

Terry became Ryde's first mayor. The tramway to West Ryde ran along Church Street between 1914 and 1949. One side of the street retains sandstone kerb and guttering that is more than 100 years old.

Location

25-27 Church Streer, Ryde 2112  View Map

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