Postcard ZA-31592

"The house, built about 1860, was occupied by the right reverend bishop of Maritzburg, William Kenneth Macrorie from 1870 to 1892. He came to Natal as the result of a schism in the Anglican church created by the controversy surrounding the bishop of Natal, John William Colenso.

The only early to mid-Victorian (1863-1880) double-storey house open to the public in Pietermaritzburg. The house is furnished in Victorian style and contains a display of historic and ecclesiastical memorabilia. An upstairs room features a display on the lives of both Bishop Macrorie and bishop Colenso.

For the children there is a dolls` house, a collection of dolls in historical costume and a "touch room". Within the house is Bishop Macrorie`s private chapel, housing an altarpiece painted on metal, brought with him in 1869.

It is rumoured that the house has a ghost!""