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Cathedral Church of St Dunstan Benoni, Gauteng Charles Douglas ST LEGER: Architect

Date: after 1936 Type: Anglican Church Status: Extant Street: 103 Woburn Ave   Click to view large map Coordinates: 26°11'29.04" S 28°18'50.36" E Alt: 1649m

The congregation relocated to this site from the previous church which was demolished in the mid 1930's. St LEGER attached much significance to mathematical proportions and to the true structural use of materials. Stressing the integration of sculpture into architectural work he put this into practice ... in the Benoni church ... (Langham Carter in DSAB IV:619) St Dunstan’s Anglican Church was proclaimed to be the Cathedral Church of St Dunstan on 21 November 1999. See The Cathedral Parish of St Dunstan's. 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.