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| | St John's Church
Victoria West, Northern Cape Sophia Wharton Myddleton (Sophy) GRAY: Architect
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| Date: | 1874 | Type: | Church | |
| Status: | Extant | | Street: | 54 Church Street |
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31°24'13.46" S 23°06'45.38" E Alt: 1279m | | Foundation Stone was laid on 27 December 1869, Completed in 1874 and consecrated on 13 May 1875.
Information supplied by Lu-Gerda de Klerk.
(Radford:1979 says this church is also attributed to W BUTTERFIELD). All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon.
Writings about this entry | Martin, Desmond. 2005. The Bishop's churches. Cape Town: Struik. pg 84-85 | | Menache, Philippe & David, Darryl Earl. 2012. A Platteland Pilgrimage : 102 country churches of South Africa
. South Africa: Booktown Richmond Press. pg 12 | | Menache, Philippe & David, Darryl Earl. 2010. 101 Country Churches of South Africa. South Africa: Booktown Richmond Press. pg 72 | | Radford, D. 1979. The architecture of the Western Cape, 1838 1901. A study of the impact of Victorian aesthetics and technology on South African architecture. Johannesburg: Unpublished Ph.D thesis. Dept of Arch. University of the Witwatersrand. pg 207 |
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