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Historic Tumbulgum church for sale for $1.9 million By Jo Kennett A HISTORIC church on the Tweed River at Tumbulgum is on the market for only the second time in 133 years, with a modern two bedroom home on the same title and the potential to continue its use as a wedding chapel. The former St Peter’s Anglican Church was built in 1888, by the Anglican diocese of Grafton on the corner of Government Road and Bawden St, behind the hall. It cost £400 with the local community providing most of the labour and materials.
The interior of the church
The furniture was donated by local pioneer families and much of it is still in the church. Unusually for the time the church had a mezzanine floor where South Sea Islander cane cutters gathered to sing. The church went through floods and storms but just after renovations were completed in 1943, it was destroyed in a cyclone. The furnishings were salvaged but much of the timber was sold to buy the current site at 122 124 Riverside Drive, next to the hotel and opposite the junction of the Tweed and Rous rivers. It wasn’t until 1954 that services were moved from Tumbulgum Hall to the newly built church. After 124 years of Anglican worship in Tumbulgum, St Peters was decommissioned to pay off the $14 million debt of a church school in Grafton on Sunday, April 15, 2012. The church was bought by
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Pastors Rob and Brenda Stuttle for their New Beginnings Christian and renamed the Tweed River Chapel. It was also used by the Living Waters Church. The church, described by Bishop Turner on his visit in 1988 as “one of the prettiest and most complete churches in the diocese”, still has the original 125-year-old pews and altar. According to sellers agent Donna Foy of @realty, the church could continue as a chapel and wedding venue or be renovated to accommodate a family or business, subject to Council approval. The separate two bedroom home at the rear includes a combined lounge and dining with exposed beams, a covered deck and a three car carport on the 1046m2 block. For more information contact sales associate Donna Foy via @realty
The historic Tumbulgum church
The view of the Tweed River from the deck of the home
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The renovated two bedroom home at the rear of the church
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