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St Paul's Church
Central Cape Town, Western Cape

Edward Baldwin John KNOX: Architect
BAKER and MASEY: Architect

Date:1878-1880 : c1900
Type:Church
Status:Extant

 


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Coordinates:
33°55'31.47" S 18°24'47.40" E Alt: 44m

Built to the design of EBJ KNOX in 1878 but with only the base of the tower. The upper portion was completed in the late 1890s by BAKER & MASEY, who also enlarged the chancel to its present shape in 1907 (Pryce-Lewis list 8 054).


References:

Radford, D. 1979. The architecture of the Western Cape, 1838-1901. A study of the impact of Victorian aesthetics and technology on South African architecture. Johannesburg: Unpublished Ph.D thesis. Dept of Arch. University of the Witwatersrand. pg 122, 197
Rennie, John for CPIA. 1978. The Buildings of Central Cape Town 1978. Volume Two : Catalogue. Cape Town: Cape Provincial Institute of Architects. pg 172-173 item 62.16