Coordinates: 32°10'09.52" S 25°37'03.36" E Alt: 887m
There were problems and in 1864 the contractor got cold feet and walked off the site. Building work continued and on Thursday 10 September 1868 the official opening took place.
(Cradock Register 24 Jul 1863)
Transcription of the wording of the bronze National Monuments Council plaque, mounted on the wall adjacent to the entrance doors:
NED. GEREF. KERK
HIERDIE KERK IS DEUR DIE ARGITEKSFIRMA WELCHMAN
EN READ VAN KAAPSTAD ONTWERP NA DIE VOORBEELD
VAN ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS, TRAFALGARPLEIN, LONDEN.
DIE HOEKSTEEN IS OP 15 JUNIE 1864 DEUR LOUIS HENRI
MEURANT GELE EN DIE INWYDING HET OP 10 SEPTEMBER
1868 TYDENS DIE BEDIENING VAN DS. J. H. J. DU PLESSIS
PLAASGEVIND.
Raad vir Nasionale Gedenkwaardighede
DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH
THIS CHURCH WAS DESIGNED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL
FIRM WELCHMAN AND READ OF CAPE TOWN AND BASED
ON ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS, TRAFALGAR SQUARE, LONDON.
THE FOUNDATION STONE WAS LAID BY LOUIS HENRI MEURANT
ON 15 JUNE 1864 AND THE INAUGURATION TOOK PLACE ON
10 SEPTEMBER 1868 DURING THE INCUMBENCY OF THE REV.
J.H.J. DU PLESSIS.
National Monuments Council
1978
