The Bishop's Churches

The Bishop's Churches

Desmond Martin

This title documents the churches of Bishop Gray, the first Bishop of Cape Town. The Bishop and his wife arrived in Cape Town in 1848. He was committed to increasing the number of clergy and establishing churches and schools. At his arrival there were only 10 Anglican churches in South Africa. When he died less than 25 years later, the number of churches and chapels had increased to 63. Of the more than 50 churches built between 1848 and the early 1870s, at least 40 were designed by the Bishop's wife, Sophy. Dr Desmond Martin has illustrated 40 of the churches founded by the Bishop and designed by Sophy Gray using a combination of water colours and line drawings together with text to strengthen both the historical and architectural comment on each church. This title will appeal to local and overseas visitors to the Western and Eastern Cape, to show more

96 pages. Dimensions 230 x 240mm

Publication date 31 Aug 2005

Publisher Struik Publishers (Pty) Ltd

Cape Town, South Africa

Illustrations - 60 full-colour watercolours and b & w sketches