Trinity House
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Trinity Theological College was formed when two colleges amalgamated
in 1997. They were the Westminster Theological College and the Perth
Centre for Applied Christian Studies. The newly formed College was
formerly based at the premises of the Westminster Presbyterian Church,
Bull Creek.
After several years, the need arose to move to bigger premises as the College grew and so the search began for a new building of the right size. After researching many vacant buildings and examining costs, the Board of Trustees - with the leading role played by John Ellis - decided to start anew and construct a purpose-built College site that Trinity Theological College could grow into. The result of that project is the building the college is now in - Trinity House. |
| In October 2001, $2.86m was pledged and given to us which allowed Trinity to purchase the land outright at a price of $1.15m and put the remaining $1.75m towards the building. The total cost of the building was $5m. The architect was Ian Jeffery from Architekton and Sizer Builders were the contracted construction company. Trinity Theological College moved into this building May 2004. | |
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The building was designed and built specifically for Trinity Theological College. One of the main emphases was on allowing for a lot of natural light. |
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The building currently has sixty students (thirty full-time, twenty-six part-time and four audit) with four full-time staff and fifteen part-time staff. It was designed to be a building that the college could grow into and eventually fill. Using just the second and third floors as we do now the college could hold 140 students and twelve full-time staff. |
| Trinity House could potentially hold 200 full-time students with a total of 300 including part-time students and staff. | ||
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Currently we are leasing out the first and ground floors to private companies. The areas of the building we currently use are the second and third floors. The second floor comprises most of the college area, housing the library, lecture halls, office area and staff common room. The third floor is a designated student space with a kitchen, lounge area, large al fresco area, table tennis and a crèche and baby change area. Trinity House is situated in Leederville, about five minutes walk from the local coffee and entertainment strip. There you will find everything from a cinema to supermarket, bars and coffee shops to a bike repair shop. Coming to Trinity? The Leederville Train Station is barely a five minute walk and the Number 15 Bus stops right outside the college! |
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