Colony House

1289

Overview

Address

2 Ryneveld Street cnr 178 Dorp Street

Date Built

1694 / mid-19th C joinery

Suggested Grading

II

Description

"T-shaped 5-bay house, once thatched, now with corrugated iron roof, covered front and end gables with fretted bargeboards, and louvred vents under the eaves. 6x6 sash in front gable and 15-pane casement in end gable. 12x12 Georgian sashes and 4x4 door with sunrise fanlight. All front windows have hood mouldings. Tiled stoep. Dorp St side has mid-19th C flat-roofed extension filling in the side of the original T, with 12x12 sashes with internal shutters, two panelled stable doors with 6-pane fanlights and a brick stoep."

Details

Style

Cape Dutch

Architectural Period

Cape Dutch

Type Of Building

Residential

Architect / Builder

Current Use

Art Gallery

Original Use

General Evaluation

Outstanding

History

"One of the houses built by the College of Landdrost and Heemraden for the benefit of Stellenbosch, it was let in 1698 to Jean Prieur du Plessis and his wife Marie Buisset, ancestors of all the South African du Plessis. From 1700-1704 it was occupied by Rev Hercules van Loon, the first permanent minister of Stellenbosch, and was thus the first parsonage. The astronomer Peter Kolbe occupied the house while he was Secretary to the College of Landdrost and Heemraden from 1711-1713. Thereafter, until 1830 when Lord Charles Somerset abolished the system, it served as the official residence of all secretaries to the College of Landdrost and Heemraden. [Archaeological excavations found that only the foundations of the original house remaind. The present house therefore does not date from the late 17th century. ] It then became privately owned and was substantially altered. (Meiring & van Huyssteen)"

Alterations

Historical: mid-19th C joinery and later 19th C roof alterations.

Social History

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PHOTO DATE: November 2009

Latitude/Longitude

-4020520.66219000000 / 2099855.30334000000
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Additional Information

Additional Documents

Survey

2012

Circa

1850 - 1874

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

Significant

Rarity

Very 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?

no

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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