D' Ouwe Werf (Arcadia)
9439
Address
30 -32 Church Street
Date Built
1802; Double storey 1890s
Suggested Grading
IIIA
Description
"Double storey house with raised moulded parapet and fluted corner pilasters. Ground floor has ""Cape Dutch"" arrangement of openings; 2x2 door with arched top panels and sunrise fanlight; 6x6 sashes with plaster surrounds (on the ground floor the top sash is hinged to open outwards). Stoep with end walls.Post-Modern 3-storey addition with parking on the ground floor, ""bay"" windows recessed in the facade and the top floor set back with a rounded raised parapet on precast columns to the verandah."
Details
Style
Georgian
Architectural Period
Georgian
Type Of Building
Residential
Architect / Builder
Current Use
Hotel
Original Use
General Evaluation
Outstanding
History
"Was built as a rectangular 2-room-deep ""condensed H-plan"", with a thatched roof and front gable. It was altered after 1889, but the old ceilings survive. (Fransen & Cook) It was a boarding house from the earliest date - famous guests included Dr Heinrich Lichtenstein (1803) and Governor Sir George Grey (1860). (Meiring & van Huyssteen)"
Alterations
Social History
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PHOTO DATE: November 2009
Latitude/Longitude
-4020429.26272000000 / 2099720.46048000000
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Additional Information
Additional Documents
Survey
2012
Circa
Admin Area
Stellenbosch
Allotment
Stellenbosch
Zoning
Residential Zone I
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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
Some significance
Rarity
Some significance
Aestetical
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?
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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