| C.L. Marais Library | |||||||
| Physical Address: | Crozier Street | Erf: | 4140 | Applicable Legislation | |||
| Architectural Period: | Late Victorian | Date built: | 1899 | Older than 60 years: | yes | PREV. NATIONAL MONUMENT: | |
| Style: | Neo-Classical | Type of building: | Educational |
 Date of photograph(s): November 2009 }
Date of photograph(s): November 2012 |
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| Zoning: | University | Use: | University | ||||
| Heritage Values | |||||||
| Rarity: | Very Significant | Historical: | Significant | ||||
| Aesthetical: | Very Significant | Technological: | Unassessed | ||||
| Cultural: | Significant | Social History: | Significant | ||||
| Slave History: | No significance | Present NHRA protection: | Previous National Monument (1982) | ||||
| Heritage Analysis | |||||||
| SITE & STRUCTURE DESCRIPTION: | "Single storey building with asbestos tiled roof with central ornamental turret. Highly ornate facade with 3-bay entrance porch flanked by projecting wings, all with triangular pediments on compiled (Ionian and Corinthian) pilasters, topped by decorative mouldings and scrolls. Vermiculated quoins to wings. Porch and wings have arched openings with decorative plaster keystones, with decorative timber windows in the wings.Wrought iron fence around the square with moulded ball-capped posts (erected 1901)." | ||||||
| History: | This is the second oldest unchanged university building in Stellenbosch. | ||||||
| Social History: | |||||||
| Alterations: | "Lead roof replaced and rounded plaster dormers with louvred vents removed (see photo, F&C p. 147)" | ||||||
| General Evaluation: | Outstanding | ||||||
| Suggested Grading: | II | ||||||
| Date of Survey: | November 2009 | ||||||