| Library | |||||||
| Physical Address: | Plein Street | Erf: | 1966 | Applicable Legislation | |||
| Architectural Period: | Post Modern | Date built: | 1956 | Older than 60 years: | yes | PREV. NATIONAL MONUMENT: | |
| Style: | Neo Georgian | Type of building: | Civic |
![]() Date of photograph(s): March 2025
Date of photograph(s): March 2025 |
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| Zoning: | Use: | Public Library | |||||
| Heritage Values | |||||||
| Rarity: | Some significance | Historical: | Some significance | ||||
| Aesthetical: | Significant | Technological: | Unassessed | ||||
| Cultural: | Some significance | Social History: | Some significance | ||||
| Slave History: | No significance | Present NHRA protection: | Unassessed no. | ||||
| Heritage Analysis | |||||||
| SITE & STRUCTURE DESCRIPTION: | "Double storey parapeted 5-bay building with varnished joinery: small-pane double casements to first floor, small-pane pivoting sashes with solid half-shutters to ground floor. Central bay projects slightly, with florid plaster surround to first floor window, double doors with ornate fanlight and timber achitrave.Front garden with roses. Right of the main building and projecting forward is a high wall with pilasters, pediment and moulded crest above an arched door with strap hinges and moulded surround." | ||||||
| History: | |||||||
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| General Evaluation: | Significant | ||||||
| Suggested Grading: | IIIB | ||||||
| Date of Survey: | November 2009 | ||||||