Thaba 'Nchu Villas
Erf 1404
Address
7 Rattray Street
Date built
c1900
Use
Dwelling
Style
Late Victorian
Architectual period
Late Victorian
Type of building
Residential
General evaluation
Suggested grading
IIIA
Present NHRA protection
Zoning
Date of survey
November 2009
Reference no.
26.27
Description
"Semi-detached house with corrugated iron roof and projecting covered gable with square bay window extended up to barge board. Triangular dormer in front roof with decorative barge trim and plastered columns with scrolls on either side of timber double casements. Flat (modern) dormers on side and modern timber casement to loft in gable. Decorative plasterwork under eaves reperesenting half-timbering. Rusticated quoins. Bullnose verandah on cast iron columns and brackets with timber-framed cast iron frieze. Bay window has 2x2 sash flanked by 1x1 sashes, with plaster decoration between and decorative plaster panels below. Front elevation has 2x2 sash flanked by attached 1x1 sashes and door."
History
Alterations
Modern dormers and loft window in gable. Barge trim and garden wall no longer exist (see 26.26)
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
Environment