Purdon Gilmour Building
Erf 5342
Address
137 Dorp Street cnr Louw Street
Date built
c 1800
Use
Offices
Style
Georgian
Architectual period
Cape Dutch
Type of building
Residential
General evaluation
Significant
Suggested grading
IIIA
Present NHRA protection
Unassessed no
Zoning
Date of survey
November 2009
Reference no.
05.11A
Description
"Double storey 3-bay building with extension on right with first floor set back, all with moulded parapets. Small 6x6 sashes to first floor and larger 6x6 sashes on ground floor apparently new. 4x4 Georgian door and one 12x12 sash remain on ground floor. Brick stoep with pergola on capped masonry columns."
History
"Like nos 141/143 [ref. 06.08], this house stands on what from 1753 till 1795 was the DR Parsonage property (before La Gratitude was built). Which of the two houses was the old Parsonage, is not certain. No 137 is the most likely possibility, as it is"
Alterations
Much altered from likely Georgian appearance; pergola; distracting signage.
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
Unassessed no
Environment
part of a group