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St Mary's Cathedral
Johannesburg, Gauteng
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Click to view map Coordinates: | (SAB Dec 1930:31) Cumming George 1933 THE FIRST PORTION commenced in 1920 was All Souls' Memorial Chapel, being the North East part of a complete scheme initially designed by Sir Herbert Baker and his partner Mr. F. L. H. Fleming, F.R.I.B.A. The main building, the subject of illustration, was similarly designed and carried out in 1926, Mr. F. L. H. Fleming being in this case the responsible architect. The materials of construction are:- Foundation: reinforced concrete. Walls: hammer-dressed mountain stone outside, brick inside backed up with concrete and plastered internally. Floors: Chamfuta block Marble to Sanctuary. Roof: Roman pan tiles. Ceilings: concrete (rough-cast). Doors: teak. Windows: steel with leaded lights. Fittings: teak. The seating capacity normally is 1,500, but is capable on crowded occasions of reaching 3,000. All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. Books that reference St Mary's Cathedral
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