Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3226AB1
    Site Name
    Glen Thorn Presbyterian Church, Glen Thorn, Adelaide District
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Built Environment Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Building type
    Associated People
    History of use
    Use Period Use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -32.475906, 26.233878
      Eastern Cape
      • Amathole
      • Raymond Mhlaba
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 41
      Erf/Farm Portion: 1
      Directions to Site
      14 km from Bedford turn left to the R344. Travel for 6,3km to T-junction. Turn left. Travel for 21,4km. Take turn-off to left (Glen Thorn). Church is 5,5km from turn-off. 5,1km from t-junction to Adelaide. R344 is 7,3km from Adelaide bridge.
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      Oldest Presbyterian Church building used continuously for worship in the Eastern Cape. Built 1840.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The fenced site with the Glen Thorn Presbyterian Settler's Church and adjacent cemetery thereon, situate on a portion of certain piece of abolished quitrent land in the Division of Bedford, being Portion 1 of the farm Glen Thorn 41.
      Deed of Transfer T26381/1979, dated 14 September 1979.

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      10752
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      1155
      Deeds Number
      T26381/1979, dated 14 September 1979
      Diagram Number
      4164/1969
      Archive Status
      National monument
      10752-1155.pdf (71.63 KB)
      10752-1155a.pdf (337.08 KB)
      Media
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