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Date: 1908 Type: Baptist Church Status: Unknown

Transcription of article (see image): THE BUILDING NEWS: No. 2807 Oct. 23, 1908. pg 582 This chapel is for a growing suburb of Johannesburg. The design was selected in a limited competition. Economy and climatic conditions had to be considered by the architect. A simple and inexpensive style had, therefore, to be adopted – one that would express the purpose of the building as distinct from an Episcopal church. Owing to conditions already named, the eaves have been carried over some four or five feet [1.2 or 1.5 meters] to protect windows from the glare of the sun and from the driving rains – a very essential provision: for even then, unless the bricks are of the very best description, the rain will do much damage. The materials to be used are rubble foundations, walls of pointed brick, plastered inside, and an open timber roof, covered with roll sheet metal, in preference to the ordinary corrugated iron. The woodwork is to be treated with carbolineum. Some idea of the cost of the building can be formed when it is stated that the estimate for the work is £2,000, exclusive of fittings. The seating accommodation is for 408; but a further 370 can be seated in gallery at the end of the transepts, when conditions are necessary. Mr. S. J. Wellman [sic E. J.], of Johannesburg, is the architect.