Laetitia
Erf 556
Address
42 Alexander Street
Date built
c1860
Use
Dwelling
Style
Georgian
Architectual period
Victorian
Type of building
Residential
General evaluation
Contributing
Suggested grading
IIIB
Present NHRA protection
Previous National monument (1970)
Zoning
Date of survey
December 2012
Reference no.
18.05
Description
"Double storey 5-bay parapetted house with double moulded cornice and corner pilasters. 15x15 sashes upstairs and 20x20 sashes to ground floor, all flat-arched. 2x2 door with small-pane flat-arched fanlight and plaster architrave. Brick stoep with end seats."
History
"Part of the land owned by Marthinus Byleveld. This house probably built as a single storey Cape cottage by JC Heynecke, who bought the plot in 1791. Rebuilt as a double storey after the 1803 fire. Restored by Historical Homes of SA in 1968. (Oberholster)"
Alterations
Restoration. The windows were replaced and the architrave copied from Leipoldt House during restoration by Historical Homes of SA.
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 (1970)
Environment
part of a group