dc.contributor.author | Berning, J M | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-04-05T07:44:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-04-05T07:44:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1987 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Berning, 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.issn | 0379-9867 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://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. | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Afdeling Plaaslike en Streekgeskiedenisnavorsing van die lnstituut vir Geskiedenisnavorsing, RGN / Division for Local and Regional History Research, Institute for Historical Research, HSRC | en_US |
dc.title | The construction and use of Grahamstown cathedral's towers. | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |