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		Holy Trinity Anglican Church Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape Frederick Molesworth PFEIL: Architect James BISSET: Architect William WHITE-COOPER: Architect

Date: 1862-1866 : 1872-1873 : 1897-1898 Type: Anglican Church Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°57'46.23" S 25°36'59.14" E Alt: 64m

F Molesworth PFEIL won the competition to design the church. The foundation stone was laid on 10 July 1862 and opened on 1 April 1866 to hold 160 people, but this was increased in 1867 to accommodate 380. In 1872-1873 the spire was added to the design of James BISSET. On 1 April 1897 tragedy struck when the church burnt down and only the walls and tower remained intact. William WHITE-COOPER was commissioned to do the new design and a new foundation stone was laid on 14 September 1897 and the re-built and enlarged church was re-opened on 11 December 1898. The church is almost unchanged since then. (Herholdt 1994:109,111) Books that reference Holy Trinity Anglican Church Herholdt, AD in association with Nesbit, GHH & Steenkamp, HE. 1994. Eight beautiful Gothic revival churches of Port Elizabeth. Port Elizabeth: Ad Hoc Publishers. pg 109-131