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St James Anglican Church
Sea Point, Cape Town, Western Cape
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Click to view large map Coordinates: | In 1839 Green Point and Sea Point merged to become a single municipality. This and the growth of the English-speaking population after 1806 lead to a growing need for new places of worship and the first was the Round Church initiated by Saul Solomon in 1878. It was at about this time that the first exclusively Anglican Church was built in an old brewery (now the church hall) in what is now St James Road. The church was consecrated in 1873 but was soon found to be too small. In 1898 George Ransome was commissioned to design the new church and the foundation stone was laid and the church of St James the Great was dedicated in the same year. The font at the church entrance was carved in Florence from Carrara marble and was dedicated in 1899. The church plan is of a long central nave with side aisles, transcript, crossing and sanctuary. In 1936 the additions of the chancel, vestries and the Lady Chapel were built. The tower which contains a single bell was originally two storeys high but was extended by a further two storeys in 1938. The stained glass windows are what brought me to St James in the first place as every window, and there are many, is a work of art and is truly beautiful. (Robin Elam-Rye, Posted on Artefacts FB page courtesy of Cape Town: Then and Now, November 2023) References:
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