Historical information

Original Vicarage 30 Seaby Street c1863. Used by the Anglican Church until 1923 when it was sold.
This house is one of the oldest in Stawell. It was built in 1863 as the residence of the Church of England Vicar.
Separate to the original Vicarage the Christ Church of England was built on the hill opposite in the same year.
Many couples were married in the Drawing Room of the vicarage as was the custom at the time.
In 1872, 9 years later a new church called Holy Trinity Church of England was built in Main St. Stawell to replace Christ Church which had become too small and too far from the main population.
The Vicarage remained until 1922 when the house next door to Holy Trinity Church was purchased as the new Vicar's residence.

Physical description

Black and white photograph of a brick home with cement render. Veranda around three side of the house with a corrugated iron roof. Garden in forground.