page_title: St Andrew's Church, Brighton
section_title: Third church building enlargement: 1886
hierarchical_section_title: St Andrew's Church, Brighton / Original buildings / Third church building enlargement: 1886
caption_attribution_description: English: St Andrew's Church, Brighton - 1886 nave looking east
context_page_description: St Andrew's Brighton is the oldest continuous Anglican church in Victoria, Australia. St Andrew's is the Anglican parish church of the beachside suburb of Brighton, Melbourne.
  Opened on St Andrew's Day in 1842, St Andrew's was one of the earliest Christian churches established in the Port Phillip District and predates both the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne and the colony, now state, of Victoria. Located in a large historic precinct in Middle Brighton, including a rare pre-gold rush graveyard, St Andrew's is one of Australia's most notable churches, known for its liturgical and musical tradition since the mid 19th century.
  The present building, opened in 1962, was designed by the noted Australian architect Louis Williams to become the cathedral for the proposed Diocese of the Mornington Peninsula following the planned division of the Diocese of Melbourne. Although the Melbourne diocese remained intact, St Andrew's was completed to be one of the largest church buildings in Australia; its vast and versatile space has been described as the "Cathedral of Light".
  St Andrew's Brighton maintains close and historic ties with both Brighton Grammar School and Firbank Grammar School.
context_section_description: In the 1860s and 1870s, Brighton further expanded as a desirable beach-side suburb and by 1886 necessary additions were made to the church.
  Large sandstone transepts and an apsidal chancel were added to the existing bluestone church by 'probably the best known figure in the architectural profession in Melbourne', architect Lloyd Tayler.  Built in the High Victorian Gothic style, and constructed of Oamaru limestone from New Zealand, Charles Webb's bluestone church served as the nave in the enlarged building.
   As the simpler Early English Gothic and decorated High Victorian Gothic architectural styles were not considered visually compatible, there was provision for either replacing the bluestone nave, or cladding it in Oamaru limestone to complement the transepts and chancel.
  The 1886 Lloyd Tayler interior featured elaborate woodwork in the sanctuary fittings including a large rood screen and divided choir stalls, and magnificent stained glass windows in the transepts and chancel.  The designs for Tayler's additions, opened in August 1886 and costing £7,000 – a substantial sum for the time, were clearly influenced by the most prolific 19th century Gothic Revivalists, including A.W.N. Pugin and Sir George Gilbert Scott.
caption: The 1857 Charles Webb nave looking east, through the rood screen, to the 1886 Lloyd Tayler chancel
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