Coachman's Cottage (Lankhoff Cottage)
3433
Address
40 Alexander Street
Date Built
c1791
Suggested Grading
IIIA
Description
"Three-bay thatched cottage with holbol end gables and dormer gable with fixed casement. Stable door with small-pane fanlight flanked by single casements and double casements with solid shutters. Cobbled stoep symmetrical around entrance, with scrolled end walls. One bay added to left with straight end gable."
Details
Style
Cape Dutch
Architectural Period
Cape Dutch
Type Of Building
Residential
Architect / Builder
Current Use
Offices
Original Use
General Evaluation
Significant
History
"A piece of land of about 1.5 morgen was granted to the Landdrost HI Bletterman in 1786. The following year he sold it to Martin Byleveld, who subdivided it and in 1791 sold this portion to Jan Georg Lankhoff, a tailor, who probably built this house shortly afterwards. When the house was restored the mid-19th C windows were replaced with the present casements. The interior walls, which formed a condensed H plan without the side courts, have been removed since restoration. (Fransen & Cook)"
Alterations
See History.
Social History
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PHOTO DATE: November 2009
Latitude/Longitude
-4020207.42150000000 / 2099218.57194000000
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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
December 2012
Linked to erf/erven
Linked Address
Environment
2012 Survey Document
2012 survey document not available
OTHER DOCUMENTS
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NHRA Significance
Historical
Some significance
Rarity
Significant
Aestetical
Very Significant
Technological
Unassessed
Cultural
Some significance
Social History
Some significance
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
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