Chapel of St Peter's Lutheran College, Heritage-listed chapel at a school in Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Australia
The Chapel of St Peter's Lutheran College is a 1968 building by architect Karl Langer on the school campus in Indooroopilly. Its fan-shaped plan has a curved colonnade forming a stylised temple front, yellow brick walls with a projecting cross pattern on the east wall, and a bell tower; the forecourt reflecting pool has been removed.
St Peter's Lutheran College opened on 25 February 1945 on the Ross Roy estate, the former Munro family house bought by the Lutheran Church in December 1944 for £16,000. Donations on opening day were earmarked for a chapel, and a Chapel Fund began; by 1966 it held $59,995 with $70,000 borrowed. The chapel, designed by Karl Langer, was built in 1968 by W. W. Groom and added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 7 December 2012.
The chapel has served both the college and the local Lutheran parish since 1975, when the congregation began holding its services there. It was designed as the centrepiece of the school grounds, with a tree-lined plaza, forecourt, bell tower and reflecting pool. The school opened on 25 February 1945 in the former Ross Roy house, and donations on that day were earmarked for a chapel.
The location at 66 Harts Road is easy to find and the space hosts regular worship services, school gatherings, and community events. Plan your visit around active schedules and be respectful of any ceremonies taking place.
Karl Langer's design was influenced by classical Greek architecture and contemporary European modernism: a curved colonnade forms a stylised temple front, and a projecting cross pattern marks the outside of the east wall. The reflecting pool planned for the forecourt has since been removed.
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