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Date: 1851 Type: Lutheran Church Status: Extant Street: 240 Long Street   Click to view large map Coordinates: Alt: 32m

Designed and built by PENKETH for a break-away Lutheran sect. It has an impressive tower and spire which terminate Kloof Street. The Bell was supplied from the German bell-founder, GRUHL (Fransen 2004:44). References: Fransen, Hans. 2004. The old buildings of the Cape. A survey of extant architecture from before c1910 in the area of Cape Town - Calvinia - Colesberg - Uitenhage. Johannesburg & Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers. pg 44 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 Johannesburg: Unpublished Ph.D thesis.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 126, 180-181