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Identifiers
Location
Location
- Sarah Baartman
- Makana
Address:
87 Beaufort Street
Grahamstown
Gradings
Grading
archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency
This double-storeyed house with its Georgian and Romanesque features was built by Bishop Patrick Moran in 1860 as residence for the proests of St. Patrick's Cathedral. Bishop Moran was succeeded by the Rev. James David Richards, the resident priest. One of thw windows of this building bears his initials, which he engraved while testing the Eureka Diamond, the first to be identified as such, in South Africa.
Declarations
Declaration
The building known as the Priest's House, situate on certain piece of land in the Municipality of the City of Grahamstown, Division of Albany, being Erf 6381 (a portion of Erf 3579), Grahamstown, and measuring eight hundred and thirty-seven (837) square metres.
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