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Date: 1856 Type: Anglican Church Status: Demolished Street: 81 Voortrek Street   Click to view map Coordinates: 34°01'20.41" S 20°26'26.90" E Alt: 131m

Working drawings made by civil engineer, G. Evans. Foundation stone laid by Richard Southey in 1852. "It had been done with tremendous ceremony, despite continuous rain. Southey had spoken in great praise of Robert [Gray], Dr Robertson (much involved in the proceedings) and the Rev. Baker also but Joseph Barry, to whom much was owing, was silenced by a downpour" (Gutsche, 1970: 129) Masons in the service of John Montagu (the road-maker) John, Henry and G. Higgs were used for construction (also Radford 1979:207). In 1911 a new Christ Church was built. Books that reference Christ Church - Anglican Burrows, Edmund Hartford . 1994. Overberg Odyssey : people, roads and early days. Swellendam: Privately printed in co-operation with the Swellendam Trust. pg 94, 116, 180 Gutsche, Thelma. 1970. The Bishop's Lady. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pg 129 Martin, Desmond. 2005. The Bishop's churches. Cape Town: Struik. pg 36-37 Menache, Philippe & David, Darryl Earl. 2012. A Platteland Pilgrimage : 102 country churches of South Africa . South Africa: Booktown Richmond Press. pg 12 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 Johannesburg: Unpublished Ph.D thesis.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 207