Overview
Identifiers
Record Administration
Structures
Built Environment Recordings
Identifiers
Classifications
The original church was built in 1886 and had no tower. In 1921 the tower was built. In 1952 further
Bibliography archive:
Location
Location
- Frances Baard
- Sol Plaatje
Albertynshof
Kimberley
Gradings
Grading
archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency
The historic Dutch Reformed Church at Newton, Kimberley was built in three stages. The original church was designed by the Rev J D Kestell, who was Minister in Kimberley between 1882 and 1893. The building was dedicated on 29 May 1886.
Declarations
Declaration
The historic church building, known as the Newton Dutch Reformed Mother Church, situate on that portion of Erf 14280, Kimberley, in the Municipality and Administrative District of Kimberley, as shown by the figures A B X W V U T P Q R S L M N O on Diagram 4932/74, attached to Certificate of Consolidated Title 1040/1975, dated 19.8.1975.