DPW
Erf 6144
Address
15 Market Street
Date built
partly pre-1817; present facades late 19C
Use
Dwelling
Style
Georgian
Architectual period
Georgian
Type of building
Residential
General evaluation
Significant
Suggested grading
IIIA
Present NHRA protection
Previous National Monument (1976?)
Zoning
Date of survey
December 2012
Reference no.
17.05
Description
"Double storey semi-detached houses with moulded cornice to parapet and rusticated quoins. The left side has small 2x2 sashes to the first floor and a 4-panel door with fanlight and larger sashes and French doors to the ground floor with louvred shutters. All openings have plaster surrounds. The right side is 4-bay with 6x6 sashes to the first floor with bracketted hood mouldings and cills, and two wide French doors with separate louvred shutters to the fanlights, also with bracketted hood moulds. Tiled stoep with low wall between units.Large garden with low plastered wall."
History
"The part of the building probably nearest Dorp St, incorporates a T-shaped cottage of before 1817, once known as Knab's cottage (Knab was another of the many Rhenish missionaries of Stellenbosch ..."" (Fransen & Cook, p.149)"
Alterations
"Inappropriately located extensions built in garden c2006, interiors extensively remodelled."
Social History
Significance in terms of NHRA
Significant
Significance
Significance
Assessed
Circa
1875 - 1899
Admin area
Stellenbosch
Allotment
Stellenbosch
Linked to erf/erven
Linked address
NHRA protection
Previous National Monument (1976?)
Environment