St Mary's Anglican Church
Erf 671
Address
The Braak
Date built
1852; belfry 1884; rounded apse 1898
Use
Church
Style
Gothic Revival
Architectual period
Victorian
Type of building
Religious
General evaluation
Significant
Suggested grading
I
Present NHRA protection
Previous National monument (1966)
Zoning
Date of survey
December 2012
Reference no.
13.02
Description
"Small thatched rectangular church with pointed-arch windows and door, corner buttresses, a belfry with small rose window on the west and a rounded apse on the east wall. Two thatched extensions on the south side and a parapetted extension on the north, all in the original Gothic Revival style.Stands on the Braak without enclosure but surrounded by various flower beds."
History
"Although the need to provide for the Anglicans in Stellenbosch had been felt since the first British Occupation, due to their small numbers an Anglican congregation was only established in Stellenbosch in 1848 with Rev F Carlyon as first minister. The church was built by the contractor W Martin from Cape Town and inaugurated by Bishop Grey in 1854. The design was derived from a design by Penketh, an English architect. In 1884 the church was enlarged towards the west and the belfry built. In 1898 it was enlarged again by the construction of the rounded apse on the south end (in which the glasswork from the old west wall was reinstalled) and the construction of a small organ room for the new organ which replaced the harmonium. The addition on the nothern side was built a few years later. (Oberholster and Fransen & Cook) For many years the churchyard was surrounded by a picturesque hedge which no longer exists."
Alterations
See History.
Social History
Significance in terms of NHRA
Significant
Significance
Significance
Assessed







Circa
1850 - 1874
Admin area
Stellenbosch
Allotment
Stellenbosch
Linked to erf/erven
Linked address
NHRA protection
Previous National monument (1966)
Environment
Part of the historic Braak