Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2931AB31
Site Name
Kearsney Methodist Chapel, Farm Kearsney 2201, Lower Tugela District
Site Category
Structures ยป Building
Record Administration
Author
sahrisprojectmanager
Post date
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:33
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
Built Environment Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 07/08/2012.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
9/2/418/0011
Recording date
Primary?
Yes
Classifications
Building type
Chapel
Architectural features

Built at the instigation of Sir Liege Hulett, who was a Methodist lay preacher inthe Verulam circuit
Bibliography archive: Hulett Sugar Limited records

Associated People
History of use
Use Period Use
Current
Church
Location
Location
Mapping
-29.286446, 31.237993
KwaZulu-Natal
  • iLembe
  • KwaDukuza
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Farm
Land Parcel Reference
Erf/Farm No: 14629
Erf/Farm Portion: A
Kearsney
Directions to Site
From Greytown on R74 pass Mapumulo then Mount Albert, Royden & Mandalay on left. Take next left after being Sub A of the farm Kearsney 2201. situate in the County of Victoria, Province of Natal, in extent (3989) square metres.
Grading
Autoid
Grading - 249833
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

Of historical and architectural interest - designed by Stott & Kirby to serve the growing community

Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration - 220698
Declaration Type
Provincial Heritage Site
Declaration Description

Significance: O historical and architectural interest-designed by Stott & Kirby to serve the growing community in the area, with important family names of Huley (Sir Liege)and Balcomb amoungst others being recorded.
Description: East-West aligned church of 5 bays, each separated by a wide, battered buttress and slit windows within a rhythm of pointed arch fields:large west facing lancet window:flared eaves, gable hipped west end: sate roof and unpainted plastered walls.
Interior: nine of the original pews are still in the chapel ( the others have been moved to (Darnell Methodist Church)
Built at the instigation of Sir Liege Hulett, who was a Methodist lay preacher in the Verulum circuit, to serve the growing sugar community in the area.
The Methodist Church building, together with the land on which it is situated, being Sub A of the farm Kearsney 2201, situate in the County of Victoria, Province of Natal, in extent (3989) square metres.

Gazette Date
Gazette Number
6162
Notice Date
Notice Number
1886
Deeds Number
T14514/1966 mref 1994 1267 0779
Diagram Number
T14514/966
Archive Status
National monument
6162-1886 Kearsney Methodist Chapel, Farm Kearsney 2201, Lower Tugela.pdf (210.3 KB)
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