The immediate property surrounding Ormiston House comprised over 200 acres bounded by Raby Bay, Hilliards Creek and Eckersley Street, but Hope's holdings in the area also included large tracts of land between Hilliards and Tingalpa Creeks.

[1] The land on which St Andrews Church stands was purchased by Hope from Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior in mid-1863.

The early building had a shingled roof and double-hung, six-paned sash windows, and rested directly on the ground with a cement floor.

Initially services were conducted either by lay persons of by clergy from St Marys Church of England parish.

[1] On the south, the gable roof chancel extends at a shallower angle to the east over a vestry addition.

[1] Hardboard lining which concealed the nave walls has been removed since 1987, exposing the boards and battens, which have been painted recently.

[1] St Andrews Church was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria.

St Andrew's Church at Ormiston, erected c. 1868, is significant historically for its association with the early development of European settlement in Cleveland, and with the Hon.

It is significant as rare surviving evidence in southeast Queensland of board and batten construction, and for the intactness of the building and its fittings.

The place has a community and spiritual association as the earliest Anglican church in the Cleveland parish.