9/2/009/0014 | SAHRIS

Overview

Identifiers

Inventory Number

3326BD4

Site Name

Methodist Church complex, Clumber, Bathurst District

Site Category

Building

Record Administration

Author

sahrisprojectmanager

Post date

Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:08

Last modified

Thursday, December 5, 2024 - 11:47

Structures

Built Environment Recordings

Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 07/08/2012.

Identifiers

Inventory Reference

9/2/009/0014

Primary?

Yes

Classifications

Building type

Church Complex

Associated People

History of use

Location

Mapping

-33.50366130074, 26.823127063065

KML File

Erf406.kml (4.25 KB)

Eastern Cape

Sarah Baartman
Ndlambe

Land Parcel Details

Type of land parcel

Farm

Land Parcel Reference

Erf/Farm No: 406; Allotment 18, Bathurst

Owner(s)

Methodist Church - Bathurst Circuit

Gradings

Grading

Autoid

Grading - 248102

Submitted by

Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 27/06/2012 - 02:00.

Grading

Grade II

GradingComment

archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

Statement of Significance

On this site the Nottingham Party of British Settlers held a service of thanksgiving on their arrival in 1820 and built the first church in 1825. The second church, which replaced it in 1837, served as a defence station in 1846 during the hostilities. The present church was opened in 1867. The school was founded in 1837 and served as a provincial farm school until 1977. The graveyard dates from the Eighteen-twenties

Declarations

Declaration

DeclarationName

Declaration - 217586

Declaration Type

Provincial Heritage Site

Declaration Description

The property with the Methodist Church building complex and cemetery thereon being a piece of land in extent three morgen and four hundred and eighty square roods, situate in the Division of Albany, being a portion of the location of Nottingham Party, Allotment 18, which forms the Chapel ground.

Gazette Date

29/02/1980