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Date: 1847-1848 Type: Church Status: Demolished 1874 Street: Greenmarket Square   Click to view map Coordinates: Alt: 35m

Attributed to Penketh by Radford (1979), based on its resemblance to his St Martini Church in Long St. The Scottish Free Church was built c.1848 but not completed and never used as a church. It became Landsberg's Store in 1850 and burnt down c1874. (Rennie 1978: 144). This church was replaced by the Metropolitan Methodist Church. References: 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 Johannesburg: Unpublished Ph.D thesis.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 126, 180-1 Rennie, John for CPIA. 1978. The Buildings of Central Cape Town 1978. Volume Two : Catalogue. Cape Town: Cape Provincial Institute of Architects. pg 144 item 56.11