Coachman's Cottage (Lankhoff Cottage)
Erf 3433
Address
40 Alexander Street
Date built
c1791
Use
Offices
Style
Cape Dutch
Architectual period
Cape Dutch
Type of building
Residential
General evaluation
Significant
Suggested grading
IIIA
Present NHRA protection
Previous National monument (1966)
Zoning
Date of survey
December 2012
Reference no.
18.03
Description
"Three-bay thatched cottage with holbol end gables and dormer gable with fixed casement. Stable door with small-pane fanlight flanked by single casements and double casements with solid shutters. Cobbled stoep symmetrical around entrance, with scrolled end walls. One bay added to left with straight end gable."
History
"A piece of land of about 1.5 morgen was granted to the Landdrost HI Bletterman in 1786. The following year he sold it to Martin Byleveld, who subdivided it and in 1791 sold this portion to Jan Georg Lankhoff, a tailor, who probably built this house shortly afterwards. When the house was restored the mid-19th C windows were replaced with the present casements. The interior walls, which formed a condensed H plan without the side courts, have been removed since restoration. (Fransen & Cook)"
Alterations
See History.
Social History
Significance in terms of NHRA
Significant
Significance
Significance
Assessed
Circa
1750 - 1799
Admin area
Stellenbosch
Allotment
Stellenbosch
Linked to erf/erven
Linked address
NHRA protection
Previous National monument (1966)
Environment