Cape Town District: Recent submissions
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City Centre, Waterhof
The Waterhof Estate houses a very interesting and extremely well preserved bell. Above the shoulder are three moulding rings followed by two more just below the shoulder. Then a small decorative band followed by a reference ... -
City Centre, St. James Anglican Church
Photographs and information on the bell of St. James Anglican Church in Cape Town. The St. James Anglican Church at Sea Point has a high tower that has somewhat lost its brightness due to the rust spots resulting from the ... -
Southern Suburbs, Wynberg, St. John's Anglican Church
The St John Anglican Church in Wynberg has been built in 1884 by George Ransome. The church was enlarged in 1900 by Anthony M De Witt. Next to the church stands a very simple bell tower in which hangs a bell made by Barwell ... -
Southern Suburbs, Wynberg, Dutch Reformed Church
The Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk in Wynberg was founded in 1829 and has an old bell-tower. The bell has no inscriptions, even no clapper. What makes the bell somewhat unusual is the very large number of moulding wires ... -
Southern Suburbs, Wynberg, Evangelical Lutheran Church
The Evangelical-Lutheran Church of St. Johannis in Wynberg was built in 1860. In the white tower hangs a very nice and recent bell of Dutch making. The foundry has been the Petit & Fritsen factory from Aarle-Rixtel in the ... -
Southern Suburbs, Tokai, Steenberg Hotel
At the Steenberg Hotel in Tokai we found a ship’s bell of simple making and containing the inscription SHIP. MANCHESTER just above the waist. The original canon has been broken off. Searching the internet, we could discover ... -
Southern Suburbs, St. James Catholic Church
St James Catholic Church used to be situated on the other side of the road where the railway tracks are now. The church has two bells and one of them refers to the move of the church to its current location in 1901. This ... -
Southern Suburbs, Simon's Town, St. Francis Anglican Church
The St Francis of Assisi Anglican Church itself dates from 1849. The simple bell sits in a bell cote high up on the side of the church. There doesn’t seem to be any decoration on the bell. -
Southern Suburbs, Simon's Town, South African Naval Museum
The Simon’s Town South African Naval Museum covers the rich maritime history of the region and the country. Within the museum there is a large number of ship bells mostly dating from the second half of the twentieth century. ... -
Southern Suburbs, Simon's Town, Dutch Reformed Church
The Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk in Simon’s Town dates from 1856. It has a bell that is unfortunately covered by leafs on all sides. What can be read on one side is SIMON’S TOWN 1885 while on the other side one reads ... -
Southern Suburbs, Simon's Town, Methodist Church
The Methodist Congregation dates from 1807 and the Methodist Church from 1828. The church is the oldest in Simon’s Town and the oldest Methodist Church in the whole of South Africa. The church has a bell in a high detached ... -
Southern Suburbs, Simon's Town, Marine Depot
Very close to the Dutch Reformed Church there is a set of buildings that belong to the South African Navy. This is probably the Marine Depot of the SA Naval Museum. At a street corner stands a metal frame with a rather ... -
Southern Suburbs, Rondebosch, St. Thomas Anglican Church
The St. Thomas Anglican Church at Rondebosch is a Sophie Gray Church and was established in 1864. The bell is situated in a bell-cote and can hardly be investigated. Moreover, the bell is suffering from serious corrosion. ... -
Southern Suburbs, Rondebosch, St. Paul's Anglican Church
One finds a rather large bell in the neat open tower of the Saint Paul's Anglican Church. Below the shoulder there are two moulding wires and beneath this the inscription band JOHN MURPHY FOUNDER DUBLIN 1874 and below this ... -
Southern Suburbs, Rondebosch, St. Michael's Catholic Church
St Michael’s Catholic Church: The current church is the third that has been built on the same premises. One of the main features is that the stained glass windows of the first church depicting different Saints have been ... -
Southern Suburbs, Rondebosch, Dominican Convent
The Convent of the Dominican Sisters in Springfield: Within the gardens of the convent stands a high bell tower in which hangs a fairly good size bell. There are hardly any decorations on the bell except for a reference ... -
Southern Suburbs, Rondebosch, Bishop Diocesan College
The Bishop’s Diocesan College has built a Memorial Chapel in 1926 in memory of the 110 Old Boys who were killed during the Great War. The large chapel has been built by Walgate & Lancelot A Elsworth. In a turret at the ... -
Southern Suburbs, Plumstead, Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi Catholic Church: There are two impressive towers on both sides of the main entrance to the church in Wittebome. In the tower on the right hangs a nicely decorated bell from a German foundry. In between two ... -
Southern Suburbs, Newlands, St. Andrew's Anglican Church
The St. Andrew's Anglican Church in the Cape Town suburb of Newlands was built in 1894 by Sir Herbert Baker. The church has a bell that was donated to the church in 1895 and mounted in the neighbouring turret on the roof ... -
Southern Suburbs, Newlands, Kirstenbosch Garden
The bell in Kirstenbosch Garden at Newlands comes from H.M.S. Dominion, one of King Edward VII of England's battleships that was attached to Third Battle Squadron during the First World War and was scrapped in 1924. The ...
