Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    2827BC2
    Site Name
    Dutch Reformed Mother Church, Church Square, Senekal
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Archaeology Recordings
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    Inventory Reference
    Recording date
    Primary?
    Yes
    Built Environment Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Building type
    Associated People
    History of use
    Use Period Use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -28.32266, 27.622257
      Free State
      • Thabo Mofutsanyane
      • Setsoto
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Street Address
      Land Parcel Reference
      Church Square
      Fouriesburg
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      This historic church building was designed by the architects J. H. and A. E. Till and built in sandstone by the contractors Rowe, Marshall and Hill. The building was consecrated in 1896. _x000D_
      The Church Square is enclosed by a wall on which fossil tree trunks were placed in the forties.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The Church Square, with the Dutch Reformed Mother Church thereon, at Senekal, consiting of -
      (1) Erf 284 (formerly known as "een zeker stuk grond of Droog Erf No. 284") situate in the town of Senekal and measuring two hundred and seventy-seven (277) square roods and one hundred and twelve (112) square feet;
      (2) Erf 324, situate in the 5own of Senekal and measuring three hundred and forty-seven (347) square roods and thirty-two (32) square feet.
      Deed of Transfer 24259/1881, dated 21 January 1881 (Erg 284), and 11894/1905, dated 25 February 1905 (Erf 324).

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      5351
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      2414
      Archive Status
      National monument
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