| Jamestown House - 379 Webersvallei Road | |||||||
| Physical Address: | Webersvallei Road | Erf: | 379 | Applicable Legislation | |||
| Architectural Period: | Date built: | Older than 60 years: | unassessed | PREV. NATIONAL MONUMENT: | |||
| Style: | Type of building: |
 Date of photograph(s): } |
|||||
| Zoning: | Use: | ||||||
| Heritage Values | |||||||
| Rarity: | Historical: | ||||||
| Aesthetical: | Technological: | ||||||
| Cultural: | Social History: | ||||||
| Slave History: | Present NHRA protection: | S34 | |||||
| Heritage Analysis | |||||||
| SITE & STRUCTURE DESCRIPTION: | This is a single-storey house under pitched roof with a Cape Revival-style bay. The house has been extended several times, although its "layers" are sensitive to the whole. The plan is roughly H-shaped, with the entrance on axis. It has similarities to other Cape Revival houses further up Webersvallei Road. | ||||||
| History: |
The settlement dates back to 1903 when Rhenish Mission settlers made Stellenbosch their home, and established Jamestown on the outskirts of the town in order for members of their congregation, many of whom were farm labourers, small scale subsistence farm |
||||||
| Social History: | |||||||
| Alterations: | |||||||
| General Evaluation: | |||||||
| Suggested Grading: | IIIC | ||||||
| Date of Survey: | 2016 | ||||||