Converted Mount Moriac church listed with grand new home plans

A renovated historic church is listed for sale at 1191 Princes Highway, Mount Moriac. An old stone church just outside Geelong has hit the market after a painstaking three-year conversion project. From its former life as St Patrick’s Catholic Church, the Mount Gambier limestone building at 1191 Princes Highway, Mount Moriac now has all the makings of a distinctive country residence. But it will be up to buyers to realise the vendors’ grander vision for the 1ha property, which includes endorsed plans for a separate contemporary house. RELATED: Mount Moriac chruch going to auction Inside Victoria’s best church conversion properties ‘Not going to budge’: Buyers win eight-week standoff Surf Coast architect Lachlan Shepherd has designed the substantial three-bedroom dwelling featuring charred timber, precast concrete and expansive glazing. It would be privately positioned behind the church, well back from the highway, and wrap around a north-facing courtyard with a swimming pool and outdoor kitchen. Whitford, Newtown agent John Moran is handling the expressions of interest campaign for the property, which is advertised for $1.5m. He said the vendors purchased the church five years ago w...