Oude Rozenhof | |||||||
Physical Address: | 8 Dorp Street cnr Staedler Street | Erf: | 8974 | Applicable Legislation | |||
Architectural Period: | Edwardian | Date built: | 1905 | Older than 60 years: | yes | PREV. NATIONAL MONUMENT: | |
Style: | Late Victorian | Type of building: | Commercial & Residential |
![]() Date of photograph(s): 01 March 2025 ![]() Date of photograph(s): 01 March 2025 |
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Zoning: | Use: | Dwelling | |||||
Heritage Values | |||||||
Rarity: | Significant | Historical: | Significant | ||||
Aesthetical: | Significant | Technological: | Unassessed | ||||
Cultural: | Some significance | Social History: | Significant | ||||
Slave History: | Unassessed | Present NHRA protection: | |||||
Heritage Analysis | |||||||
SITE & STRUCTURE DESCRIPTION: | "Double storey building with tiled roof, two covered gables facing Dorp Str, a turret on the corner and a covered gable on Stadler Str, the gables nearest to the corner having plaster decorations. Quoins at corners and dividing facade into bays. 2x2 flat-arched sashes and casements with fanlights (replacing French doors?) to upper floor, all with plastered surrounds. Ground floor has flat-arched openings, including glazed doors and shopfronts on Dorp Str and windows with arched fanlights on Stadler Str. The ground floor of the 5 bays to the right on Dorp Str preserve the pattern of openings of ... | ||||||
History: | "Rev JH Neethling was born here in 1826, the same year his farther built the original house, on a portion of the farm Weidenhof. Parts of the old house are preserved in Oude Rozenhof. The 1905 building was intended to be a hotel, but was not granted." | ||||||
Social History: | |||||||
Alterations: | Removal of verandah and conversion of upper doors to windows; merits restoration. | ||||||
General Evaluation: | Contributing | ||||||
Suggested Grading: | IIIA | ||||||
Date of Survey: | November 2009. Revised in 2025 |