Contact Artefacts please if you have any comments or more information regarding this record.	Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon		Catholic Church - Second St James, Western Cape George RANSOME: Architect 1900 Norman Francis LUBYNSKI: Architect 1947 - 1949

Date: c. 1900 : 1947-1949 Client: Father J Duignam / Father H Doran Type: Roman Catholic Church Status: Extant Street: Main Rd   Click to view large map Coordinates:

The first Catholic church was demolished to make way for the railway line. Father John Duignam, the local priest, erected a fairly large stone church with five bays here in 1900/01. Possibly designed by him with assistance from G RANSOME. Apparently, the local Filipino community assisted with the building together with some Italian stone masons stationed in Simon’s Town for the construction of the Selborne Docks. In 1947 Father Harold Doran hired LUBYNSKI to design a new entrance facing Main Road, turning the old entrance on the Kalk Bay side into a confessional. LUBYNSKI also designed a new baptistry and choir. Completed in 1949. Summary by Paul v d Merwe from: Source (1): SJ de Klerk The Historical Muizenberg / St. James Walk, January 19, 2021 on The Heritage Portal. Source (2): Kalk Bay Historical Association, Bulletin 15, 2011, p74. Source (3): A heritage survey of the built environment and other conservation-worthy objects in Lakeside, Muizenberg and St James. Commissioned by Muizenberg Historical Conservation Society. Compiled by H. Fransen. 2011.