 The building was utilitarian, and may have only ever been intended as a temporary solution, as plans for a more stately building were being mooted as early as 1856.After construction of the permanent church, the 1848 and 1850 buildings were used as a wool store, but were destroyed by fire in 1865.From 1864 a third structure ("The Interim Church") was used, on a site above the previous buildings on Dowling Street.