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St Mary's Church
Die Braak, Stellenbosch, Western Cape

Peter PENKETH: Architect

Date:1853
Type:Anglican Church
Status:Extant

 


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Coordinates:
33°56'10.53" S 18°51'31.11" E Alt: 118m

PENKETH designed the church and contributed a lancet window. (Gutsche. 1970:138)

The church was declared a National Monument in 1966 and is now a Provincial Heritage Site.


Books that reference St Mary's Church

Fransen, Hans. 2004. The old buildings of the Cape. A survey of extant architecture from before c1910 in the area of Cape Town - Calvinia - Colesberg - Uitenhage. Johannesburg & Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers. pg 177-178
Gutsche, Thelma. 1970. The Bishop's Lady. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pg 138
Menache, Philippe & David, Darryl Earl. 2015. Church tourism in South Africa : a travel odyssey. South Africa: Self-published by Philippe Menache and Darryl Earl David. pg 133
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 Johannesburg: Unpublished Ph.D thesis.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 126, 190
Richardson, Deirdré. 2001. Historic Sites of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. pg 150