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dc.contributor.authorBerning, J M
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-05T07:44:24Z
dc.date.available2012-04-05T07:44:24Z
dc.date.issued1987
dc.identifier.citationBerning, J.M. 1987. The construction and use of Grahamstown cathedral's towers. Contree : Tydskrif vir Suid-Afrikaanse stedelike streekgeskiedenis = Contree : Journal for South African urban and regional history. 22:15-19, Jul. [http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/4968]en_US
dc.identifier.issn0379-9867
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/6401
dc.description.abstract• Opsomming: Teen die helfte van die 1840's is pogings aangewend om die vierkantige toring van die St. George-kerkgebou aan te pas om 'n stadshorlosie te huisves. Nadat die kerk in 1853 'n katedraal geword het, is ywerig beplan om die gebou in 'n eg-Gotiese styl te verander. Die poging om 'n toring in hierdie boustyl op te rig, het in 1860 misluk; gevolglik is die bestaande toring so aangepas dat 'n horlosie - aangekoop met bydraes van die publiek - daar ingebou kon word. Hierdie veranderinge het die karedraaltoring laat inmekaar stort en die horlosie moes verwyder word. 'n Nuwe toring is uiteindelik volgens 'n ontwerp van sir Gilbert Scottopgerig; dit het deel van die katedraal uitgemaak en terselfdertyd die stadshorlosie gehuisves.en_US
dc.description.abstract• Summary: By the mid-1840s attempts were being made to adapt the square tower of St George's Church to contain a public clock. After the church had become a cathedral in 1853, there were serious attempts to transform the building into a typical Gothic style. When the plan to build a tower containing a public clock failed in 1860, the existing tower was adapted to house a clock purchased by public subscription. These alterations, however, contributed to the collapse of the tower and the removal of the clock. Eventually a new tower was built to designs by Sir Gilbert Scott as a combined cathedral and public clock tower.
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dc.publisherAfdeling Plaaslike en Streekgeskiedenisnavorsing van die lnstituut vir Geskiedenisnavorsing, RGN / Division for Local and Regional History Research, Institute for Historical Research, HSRCen_US
dc.titleThe construction and use of Grahamstown cathedral's towers.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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