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Wesleyan Methodist Church
Ficksburg, Free State

Date:1896
Client:Methodist Church
Type:Methodist Church
Style:Neo-Gothic
Status:Extant

 


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Coordinates:
28°52'24.50" S 27°52'30.11" E Alt: 1590m

Simple hall church of rough-hewn local sandstone ashlar with add-on portico, apse and side entrance all under corrugated iron roof with small dormer ventilators.

The foundation stone was laid on 13 January 1895. The name WJ Bennett also appears on the stone, further information about him not legible (see photo).


References:

Menache, Philippe & David, Darryl Earl. 2015. Church tourism in South Africa : a travel odyssey. South Africa: Self-published by Philippe Menache and Darryl Earl David. pg 44