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Date: n.d. Type: Anglican Church Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 26°29'48.54" S 28°21'18.41" E Alt: 1557m

See also the neighbouring rectory. Transcription of Blue Plaque HEIDELBERG HERITAGE ASSOCIATION St Ninian's Anglican Church The Church was built in 1882. Rev. Frank Dowling was appointed as the first rector of Heidelberg, on the 1st January 1888 and he dedicated the church, in the name of "St. Ninian", on the 9th of November 1890. All the pews and furniture are original (except the pulpit) and were imported from England. The rectory was built for Rev. H.J. Organ in 1896. The hall was completed in 1903 and was used as a lecture room for the Heidelberg Teachers Training College. A brass plaque honours the memory of Mayor John Vallintin who died during the 2nd Anglo-Boer War and a second plaque to Edith Goodwin who was a stalwart of the Church and helped nurse the wounded during the war. The church was known as the "Soldiers Church" as it reminded the British Soldiers of home. Books that reference St Ninian's Anglican Church Menache, Philippe & David, Darryl Earl. 2012. A Platteland Pilgrimage : 102 country churches of South Africa . South Africa: Booktown Richmond Press. pg 40