St Ninian's Anglican Church - Heidelberg (Gauteng)
Built: 1882 : 1896 Architect: Unidentified Status: Extant Church with rectory on right.² Rectory. Google Street View (2017) Stained glass window. Source: Dr David Biggins on Angloboerwar.com. Photographer: Colin Ross.³ St Ninian’s Anglican Church stands on the corner of Marais and Voortrekker Streets in Heidelberg. Built in 1882 as a simple hall-style structure with roughly plastered walls and Gothic windows, it is one of the town’s earliest Anglican buildings. The adjacent rectory and outbuildings date from 1896. During the British occupation of Heidelberg in the Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902), the church was frequently used by soldiers and became an important focal point for the British garrison. Its ornamental stained-glass windows were installed in 1897 to mark Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. A veranda was later added in honour of the Rev. R.A. Urquhart, one of the early rectors. In 1953 two oak trees were planted in Voortrekker Street to commemorate the coronation of Queen Eliza...