Inventory Reference 9/2/003/0027 Formal Gradings Grading Grade II GradingComment archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency Statement of Significance Neo-classical building erected in 1831. and dedicated on 16 December 1832. Named after the Rev. William Shaw, founder of the Methodist Church in South Africa. Cape Parliament was opened in this building on 28 April 1864.