Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    2930CB219
    Site Name
    Old Presbyterian Church, 248 Church Street, Pietermaritzburg
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Built Environment Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Building type
    Associated People
    History of use
      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
      Directions to Site
      On pedestrianised section of Church Street, first building on left waliking up from City Hall.
      Forms part of the Tatham Art Gallery Gardens and is directly opposite the Colonial Building and close to the City Hall
      Grading
      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.

      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
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