sold for nearly $3.5m,<\/a> after parishioners cited a sinking foundation.<\/p>\nIts new owners plan to convert the church into a building and materials finishes display centre, with a new two-storey commercial hub built on the existing carpark. <\/p>\n
Planning documents lodged with the local council by Eastern Building Group revealed there would be two office tenancies on each floor, with parts of the building demolished. <\/p>\n
Other recent sales include former Block contestant Mat Johnson\u2019s $250,000 purchase of a 1910 country church at Brinkworth in December \u2013 currently being renovated into a home. <\/p>\n
Artist David Bromley\u2019s 1880s church-to-home building conversion at Alberton sold for $3m in February.<\/p>\n
Ms Lawrie said listings had increased in the past five years, but expected the trend to stabilise. \u201cIt\u2019s probably eased back a little since (Covid) \u2026 but they do keep popping up, and they remain very popular,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt might stabilise and the number coming to market might drop off, but I can\u2019t see religion disappearing when it\u2019s survived for centuries already.\u201d <\/p>\n
Ms Lawrie said that she believed Adelaide would keep its long-lived nickname regardless of how many churches are sold off. <\/p>\n
\u201cEven if a building isn\u2019t classified as a place of worship anymore, it\u2019s still architecturally and structurally a church since it was designed and built as one,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
\u201cAdelaide still deserves the title because we have so many of these beautiful buildings throughout the city and regional areas.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Sunday Mail\u2019s analysis found most city church buildings sold for more than $1m, while regional churches typically sold for less than $500,000. <\/p>\n
St Denys Church at Wirrulla, on Eyre Peninsula, recorded the cheapest sale at $65,000 in 2022, while a state heritage-listed church at Bowden sold for $2.5m in the same year. <\/p>\n
Former Uniting Church buildings accounted for the largest share of sales among religious denominations statewide. <\/p>\n
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