This building caught my eye in Willunga last weekend, especially the inscription relating to its history.Built in 1867 as a Primitive Methodist Church, it became a private residence in 1890 and then Vanessa's restaurant in 1979 and is now Christina's on High Street.
The Primitive Methodists was one of three streams of Methodism that was being practised in the early days of South Australia. Originally started in 1808 in England by a Methodist lay preacher Hugh Bourne after his expulsion from the Methodist movement; his ideas were deemed radical by the Methodists' leadership.
In 1900 the three streams of Methodism - Bible Christians, Primitive Methodists and Wesleyans were united to form the Methodist Church of Australia.
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12 comments:
Great post and history, Gordon, and a really lovely shot! How interesting that, of all things, it became a restaurant!
I just learned something new. Thanks for a very interesting post.
New to me, Primitive Methodists. Said it before say it again, you learn so much through blogging. Unique choice.
A big part of my life was influenced by the Wesley methodists. I had all my schooling in a Methodist school.
Didn't know about the three kinds of Methodists. The church building is very unusual.
That is just fascinating! I would have never thought that the words primitive and methodists would be paired together!
History is very important and this information about the Methodists is interesting. Thanks for the post.
I must say that the place has changes it's Purpose. Let us just hope that the food is not Primitive ;-)
This information was new to me too. I never heard of that name before. Beautiful building and interesting that its used for a restaurant now.
Interesting architecture and history to go with it. It's nice that the building has survived in multiple ways. My contribution this week is a pool. I invite you to come over and float around on my pool toy. - Margy
Nice building.
Thanks for the history with the photo. Nice use of the weekly letter! I'd never heard of this denomination.
Not just a random thought for P, but an informative post with a good deal of history. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing this. Lovely picture too.
Pamposh from the ABC Team
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