Bletterman House
1270
Address
77 Van Riebeeck Street cnr Drostdy Street
Date Built
1789 or just before
Suggested Grading
IIIA
Description
"H-shaped house with Baroque/Rococo front gable and simple holbol end gables. Front gable has heavy edge mouldings and shell capping, plaster decorations above the 15x15 casement and string course below. Bo-en-onder-deur with 20-pane fanlight flanked by half-sashes; 30x24 sashes with solid half-shutters. Brick stoep. Court between wings of H filled in: casement with solid shutters.Capped boudary wall on Drostdy St"
Details
Style
Cape Dutch
Architectural Period
Type Of Building
Residential
Architect / Builder
Current Use
Museum
Original Use
General Evaluation
Outstanding
History
Alterations
`Restoration c1990 by Dirk Visser; gather good reconstruction (Paarl Diamant)'
Social History
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PHOTO DATE: November 2009
Latitude/Longitude
-4020370.01479000000 / 2099861.23428000000
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Additional Information
Additional Documents
Survey
2012
Circa
1750 - 1799
Admin Area
Stellenbosch
Allotment
Stellenbosch
Zoning
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Date of survey
November 2009
Linked to erf/erven
Linked Address
Environment
2012 Survey Document
2012 survey document not available
OTHER DOCUMENTS
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NHRA Significance
Historical
Significant
Rarity
Significant
Aestetical
Significant
Technological
Unassessed
Cultural
Unassessed
Social History
Significant
Slave History
Unassessed
* SCALE USED: Very Significant / Significant / Some Significance / No Significance / Not Assessed
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NHRA Protection
Sect 27.2 Is the building/site a Provinical Heritage Site?
unassessed
Sect 27.3 Is the building/site a Previous National Monument?
Sect 28 Will any dev affect the prot or views of or from a Gr 1 or Gr 2 site?
Sect 34 Is the building/structure older than 60 years?
yes
Sect 35 Is the site a declared archeological/palaeontological site?
Sect 36 Does the site contain any graves or is it a burial ground?
Sect 37 Does the site contain any public monuments or memorials?
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Additional Photos
OLDER PHOTOS
PHOTO DATE: November 2009
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PHOTO DATE: unknown