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History: This Mission Church, the foundation stone of which was laid on 4 May 1871, was completed in December 1872 by the building contractor Adriaan Ventura. The Rev. Paulus Teshe was the main driving force behind its erection. The early nineteenth century parsonage was enlarged in 1914 by the Rev. A. H. Barnard and was the birthplace of the well-known heart surgeon, Prof. Chris Barnard and his brother Dr Marius Barnard.
Visual Description: Church, end gable with raking cornice & belfry faces street, twin lancet windows over entrance porch. Nave 4 bays, buttresses. Lancet windows, pointed hoods, with coloured diamond panes, original wooden tracery (?). Rough-cast walls, stone plinth
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Site Features: Cement slabs beside entrance with fotprints & explanatory boards
Condition: Good
Construction Date: 1871-1872
Materials: Plastered brick : corrugated iron
Catalogue: Beaufort West, No: 21.2A, Significance Category: