Vredelust
Erf 4436
Address
63 Dorp Street
Date built
c. 1814
Use
Offices
Style
Cape Dutch
Architectual period
Cape Dutch
Type of building
Outbuilding
General evaluation
Contributing
Suggested grading
II
Present NHRA protection
Previous National monument (1970)
Zoning
Date of survey
December 2012
Reference no.
02.04C
Description
"Barn-type building with 40' corrugated iron roof and covered end gables; plastered masonry loft stair on left, and one window with half-louvred and half-panelled shutter to loft. On left side of facade is a double carriage door with modern glazed doors behind and a casement window with half-louvred and half-panelled shutters. On right side of facade is a 4x4 double Georgian door with flat-arched fanlight, flanked by 2x2 flat-arched sashes, and a stoep with a low wall and half-pergolas at each end.Set in large, established garden with avenue of jacaranda trees to left of building."
History
"Probably built by Daniel Joubert, who added the main gable to Vredelust (see history of 02.04B)."
Alterations
Various modernisations
Social History
Significance in terms of NHRA
Significant
Significance
Significance
Assessed
Circa
1800- 1824
Admin area
Stellenbosch
Allotment
Stellenbosch
Linked to erf/erven
Linked address
NHRA protection
Previous National monument (1970)
Environment