C.L. Marais Library
4140
Address
Crozier Street
Date Built
1899
Suggested Grading
II
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)."
Details
Style
Neo-Classical
Architectural Period
Late Victorian
Type Of Building
Educational
Architect / Builder
Current Use
University
Original Use
General Evaluation
Outstanding
History
This is the second oldest unchanged university building in Stellenbosch.
Alterations
"Lead roof replaced and rounded plaster dormers with louvred vents removed (see photo, F&C p. 147)"
Social History
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PHOTO DATE: November 2009
Latitude/Longitude
-4019922.82477000000 / 2099645.92745000000
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Additional Information
Additional Documents
Survey
2012
Circa
1875 - 1899
Admin Area
Stellenbosch
Allotment
Stellenbosch
Zoning
University
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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
Very Significant
Aestetical
Very Significant
Technological
Unassessed
Cultural
Significant
Social History
Significant
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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PHOTO DATE: November 2012