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A little district church steeped in history will have a new life. A couple from the NSW Blue Mountains secured the cute-as-a-button church at Middle Arm, some 10km from Goulburn in the NSW Southern Tablelands. The Saint Columba Church was built in the early 1930s, replacing the former timber structure used by the Primitive Methodists. The church failed to sell at auction but sold for $350,000 just hours later. "The buyers have renovated other churches and were looking for another project," agent Peter Reardon said. The sale included 0.4 hectares and the building features a bell tower, Kauri pine floorboards and ceilings and lead-light windows. The property attracted strong interest from Sydney, Wollongong, Canberra, the Southern Highlands and locally. District historian Edith Medway's great-grandfather, Robert Grubb, owned land nearby and built the first timber church used by the Primitive Methodists. But the Anglicans purchased it in the 1930s and decided to build a new structure on the same site.
Saint Columba Church in the Southern Tablelands was sold after auction. Photo: supplied.
A little district church steeped in history will have a new life.
A couple from the NSW Blue Mountains secured the cute-as-a-button church at Middle Arm, some 10km from Goulburn in the NSW Southern Tablelands.
The Saint Columba Church was built in the early 1930s, replacing the former timber structure used by the Primitive Methodists.
The church failed to sell at auction but sold for $350,000 just hours later.
"The buyers have renovated other churches and were looking for another project," agent Peter Reardon said.
The sale included 0.4 hectares and the building features a bell tower, Kauri pine floorboards and ceilings and lead-light windows.
The interior of the church features Kauri pine timber and a vaulted-raked ceiling. Photo supplied.
The property attracted strong interest from Sydney, Wollongong, Canberra, the Southern Highlands and locally.
District historian Edith Medway's great-grandfather, Robert Grubb, owned land nearby and built the first timber church used by the Primitive Methodists. But the Anglicans purchased it in the 1930s and decided to build a new structure on the same site.
