Colony House
1289
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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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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