Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2930CB219
Site Name
Old Presbyterian Church, 248 Church Street, Pietermaritzburg
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:34
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
Structures
Built Environment Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 07/08/2012.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Primary?
Yes
Classifications
Building type
Associated People
History of use
Use Period | Use | |
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Location
Location
Mapping
-29.60208, 30.378605
KwaZulu-Natal
- Umgungundlovu
- The Msunduzi
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Farm
Land Parcel Reference
Erf/Farm No: 2524
Erf/Farm Portion: 0001/RE
Address:
248 Church Street
Central
Pietermaritzburg
Erf/Farm Portion: 0001/RE
Address:
248 Church Street
Central
Pietermaritzburg
Gradings
Grading
Autoid
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
This church was erected between 1852 and 1854. The neo-Gothic tower dates from 1874, after which the church was enlarged in 1883. During the Zulu War in 1879 the church was converted into a fortified refuge.
Declarations
Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration Type
Declaration Description
The property with the old Presbyterian church thereon, being the remainder of Lot 24A, Longmarket St
Gazette Date
Gazette Number
6331
Notice Date
Notice Number
376
Deeds Number
T1112/1986, T471/1943 dated 3 February 1943
Diagram Number
G248/852
Archive Status
National monument
Media
Media
Images uploaded directly to Site
Images uploaded to linked Site Recordings
Forms part of the Tatham Art Gallery Gardens and is directly opposite the Colonial Building and close to the City Hall