Burgher House
Physical Address:	Market Street cnr Blom Street cnr Alexander Street	Erf:	"3389, 607 & 604"	Applicable Legislation
Architectural Period:	Cape Dutch	Date built:	1797	Older than 60 years:	yes	PREV. NATIONAL MONUMENT:
Style:	Cape Dutch	Type of building:	Residential	Date of photograph(s): 24 February 2025 Date of photograph(s): 24 February 2025
Zoning:		Use:	Offices
Heritage Values
Rarity:	Very Significant	Historical:	Very Significant
Aesthetical:	Very Significant	Technological:	Unassessed
Cultural:	Unassessed	Social History:	Unassessed
Slave History:	Unassessed	Present NHRA protection:	Previous National Monument (1961)
Heritage Analysis
SITE & STRUCTURE DESCRIPTION:	"H-shaped thatched house with Neo-Classical pediment gable with 15x15 casement. Bo-en -onder door with 20-pane fanlight and early plaster architrave, flanked by half-casements and 15x15 casements, all with solid shutters. Straight back gable (spurious - Fransen & Cook) and modern pergola with old vine.Fine capped wall with half-scrolls at gateways. The wagon house attached to the south side of the house and the cottage facing Market St known as the van der Riet House were demolished."
History:	"Anthonie Fick gained possession (but not transfer) of the site in 1796 and completed the house the following year. It was transferred to the Landdrost Ryno Johannes van der Riet in 1815 (he had probably been in possession since Fick's death in c1808) and to Rev Paul Daniel Luckoff, the Rhenish missionary, in 1839, serving as the Rhenish parsonage. In 1879 it passed to the Rhenish Mission Society. It was eventually divided up and inhabited by several families, and fell into disrepair. In 1957 the Government acquired it and presented it to the Municipality in 1959, which restored the house - u ...
Social History:
Alterations:	See History.
General Evaluation:	Outstanding
Suggested Grading:	II
Date of Survey:	December 2012. Revised in 2025.

Survey: 2012 - Middedorp/Historical Core Heritage Survey | Date of Survey: December 2012. Revised in 2025.