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Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk
Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal
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Click to view large map Coordinates: | This Greek cross church with its two dominant Cape Dutch gables facing a street corner can be described as Cape Dutch Revival (Figure 6.23). The style was probably influenced by Moerdyk who received a Carnegie bursary in 1920 to study Cape Dutch architecture.88 He yearned to find a volkeie architectural style. The rose windows in the two main gables are conspicuous. Some earlier Louw churches, such as DRC Calitzdorp, DRC Boksburg, and DRC Reitz have round air vents which create the impression of rose windows. Moerdyk’s only previous church design (DRC Bothaville 1918) does not have a rose window, but some of his sketches of churches in Kerkgeboue vir Suid-Afrika have round features which could be air vents or rose windows. The internal layout does not reflect the external Greek cross. Only the two main arms with the tower filling in the corner between them are part of the church interior, each with a gallery and seating in straight rows. The main entrance is via the tower. On entering the church an aisle in the centre of a quarter circle of seats leads directly to the pulpit against the opposite corner. To the left of the pulpit, the third gabled arm (without a rose window) houses the organ with ancillary rooms below. To the right, a short arm houses the konsistorie. The high gables allow for high vaulted ceilings, while the rose windows combined with one square and four rectangular arched windows per gable provide ample light. (Geldenhuys 2023:150-151) (Building Mar 1920:19; Die geskiedenis van boukuns 1935:101; SA Archt Aug 1939:161) 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. References:
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