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St Mary's Collegiate Church - Collegiate Church of St Mary the Virgin
Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape

Sydney STENT: Architect

Date:1895-1897
Type:Church
Style:Neo-Gothic
Status:Extant

 


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Coordinates:
33°57'42.08" S 25°37'20.82" E

Rebuilt incorporating the existing walls, adapted and strengthened and raised by 1,2 m to take an open-trussed pitched roof the height of the tower. The nave was extended west by 6m. (Greig 1971:185-6)

All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon.


References:

Greig, Doreen. 1971. A Guide to Architecture in South Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pg 185-186
Herholdt, AD in association with Nesbit, GHH & Steenkamp, HE. 1994. Eight beautiful Gothic revival churches of Port Elizabeth. Port Elizabeth: Ad Hoc Publishers. pg 69-85