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Anglican
Cathedral
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Location
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Harare, (CBD) | |
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Designers
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Sir Herbert Baker | ||
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Date
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1913 - 1964 | ||
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Anglican Church , | ||
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Style
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Discussion
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Harare's first church -an African style mud and pale building by Canon
Balfour was built in 1890. The Anglican Cathedral of St Mary& All
Saints, was eventually constructed on the same site, in a granite block
structure, designed by the South African architect, Sir Herbert Baker.
The church was begun in 1913, but wasn't completed until 1964. Part of the delay has been attributed to a dispute over the shape of the bell tower which was only finished in 1961. The architect originally proposed a Great Zimbabwe-like conical tower but the idea was turned down in favour of the square one. The tower holds 10 bells cast in London by Whitechapel Foundry. The cloisters were finished in the late 1940s. Ref. Deanna Swaney / The Author |
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Credits
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SWANEY Deanna, Zimbabwe, Botswana & Namibia (1995) Pictures courtesy of 'Borrowdale Dan' and Zvakapressa.com |
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