O M Bergh Huis
Erf 1272
Address
11 Drostdy Street cnr Church Street
Date built
pre-1817; Georgianised c1877
Use
Museum
Style
Late Georgian
Architectual period
Victorian
Type of building
Residential
General evaluation
Contributing
Suggested grading
IIIA
Present NHRA protection
Previous National Monument (1979)
Zoning
Date of survey
December 2012
Reference no.
10.11
Description
Double storey 3 bay house with full-width triangular pediment with three round cast iron vents with moulded plaster surrounds. Facade rusticated with rusticated quoins and straight hood mouldings to all openings. Upper floor has a 4x4 sash flanked by 6x6 sashes; ground floor has a 2x2 door with tall geometric fanlight and French doors with similar fanlights and separate louvred shutters to doors and fanlights. Stoep with projecting steps.Narrow front garden
History
"Was originally an H-shaped single storey house (original ceilings intact): the entrance is now where its side court was. From about 1810 to 1837 it was owned by Johannes Wege, an auctioneer, who may have added the second floor. It was then the home of Professor John Murray, one of the first 2 professors of the Theological Seminary, who was probably responsible for the Georgianisation. (Fransen & Cook and Meiring & van Huyssteen"
Alterations
Restored: balcony removed.
Social History
Significance in terms of NHRA
Significant
Significance
Significance
Assessed
Circa
1875 - 1899
Admin area
Stellenbosch
Allotment
Stellenbosch
Linked to erf/erven
1273
Linked address
NHRA protection
Previous National Monument (1979)
Environment