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		Christ the King Anglican Church Sophiatown, Johannesburg, Gauteng BAKER and FLEMING: Architect Francis (Frank) Leonard Hodgson FLEMING: Design Architect

Date: 1932 Type: Anglican Church Status: Extant Street: Ray Street   Click to view map Coordinates: 26°10'25.44" S 27°58'37.53" E Alt: 1727m

(SAB Jan 1932:35) Transcription of Blue Plaque: JOHANNESBURG CITY HERITAGE CHURCH OF CHRIST THE KING So little money was available for its construction in 1933 that Architect F.L.H. Flemming called it a "Holy Barn". The bell tower was added in 1936 and has been a landmark ever since. In 1940 Father Trevor Huddleston, an outspoken opponent of apartheid, was appointed Rector, and the Church became an icon of the liberation struggle. In 1955, during the forced removals, Huddleston was recalled to England. Once the congregation left the area, the Church was deconsecrated and sold. The site was reconsecrated as an Anglican Church in 1997. Bishop Huddleston's ashes are interned here at his request. 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.