Bonne Esperance
1395
Address
17 Van Riebeeck Street cnr Neethling Street
Date Built
c1900
Suggested Grading
II
Description
"Elaborate house with hipped corrugated iron roof with plaster panels below the eaves. Turret at corner with masonry base with plaster mouldings and round vents and a timber-framed extension on the diagonal, with a concave leaded roof and decorative timber eaves brackets. Raised wrap-around verandah with fine cast iron columns, spandrel brackets and frieze with drop finials. Projecting gable with decorative barge board. 2x2 sashes with arched leaded fanlights, plaster surrounds and louvred shutters. Double storey wing behind."
Details
Style
High Victorian
Architectural Period
Victorian
Type Of Building
Residential
Architect / Builder
Current Use
Guest House
Original Use
General Evaluation
Outstanding
History
Alterations
Social History
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PHOTO DATE: November 2009
Latitude/Longitude
-4020337.08640000000 / 2100197.82858000000
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Additional Information
Additional Documents
Survey
2012
Circa
1875 - 1899
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
Unassessed
Rarity
Very Significant
Aestetical
Very Significant
Technological
Unassessed
Cultural
Unassessed
Social History
Unassessed
Slave History
No significance
* 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
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