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Date: 1832-34 : 1835-39 : c1900 Type: Church Status: Extant   Click to view large map Coordinates: 34°00'13.29" S 18°27'36.00" E Alt: 78m

Built 1832-34. The church was completed in July 1834, but collapsed during a winter storm a week later. Rebuilt to Skirrow's designs 1835-39. The replacement building was completed by April 1839. References: Bakker, Karel A, Clarke, Nicholas J & Fisher, Roger C. 2014. Eclectic ZA Wilhelmiens : A shared Dutch built heritage in South Africa. Pretoria: Visual Books. pg 58-59 Greig, Doreen. 1971. A Guide to Architecture in South Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pg 230 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 Johannesburg: Unpublished Ph.D thesis.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 114,178 Transvaal Publishing Co. 1906. Men of the Times : Old Colonists of the Cape Colony and Orange River Colony. Johannesburg, Cape Town and London: The Transvaal Publishing Co. pg 434