Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3222BC10
    Site Name
    Old Dutch Reformed Mission Church, 89 Donkin Street, Beaufort West
    Site Category
    Record Administration
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    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Archaeology Recordings
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    Inventory Reference
    Recording date
    Primary?
    Yes
    Built Environment Recordings
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    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Building type
    Associated People
    History of use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -32.350728, 22.583018
      Western Cape
      • Central Karoo
      • Beaufort West
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 586 (1586 ?)
      Address:
      89 Donkin Street
      Beaufort West
      Directions to Site
      Pear tree
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
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      Statement of Significance

      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 surgeons. Prof. Chris Barnard and Dr Marius Barnard

      Declaration
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      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The front portion of the property bounding on Donkin Street. with the old Dutch Reformed Mission Church and parsonage thereon. namely certain piece of land. being Erf 586. Beaufort West. situate in the Municipality and Division of Beaufort West as depicted on Plan 0 107 and filed in the Deeds Office, the office of the Town Clerk at Beaufort West and the National Monuments Council, and measuring 1400 (one thousand four hundred) square metres.

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      6861
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      320
      Declared by (Organisation/Heritage Authority)
      Deeds Number
      3967/1966
      Archive Status
      National monument
      6861-320_1.pdf (41.38 KB)
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