De Witt House
1965
Address
30 Plein Street
Date Built
woodwork pre-1850
Suggested Grading
IIIA
Description
"Small 3-bay house with raised eaves, corrugated iron roof and straight end gables. Fluted pilasters slightly in from corners. 12x12 Georgian sashes with plain plaster surrounds; 3x3 door with sunrise fanlight and fine pilaster architraveLow wall with capped posts and dipped panels."
Details
Style
Georgian
Architectural Period
Cape Dutch
Type Of Building
Civic
Architect / Builder
Current Use
Offices
Original Use
General Evaluation
Significant
History
"Once used as a smithy by CM Bruins & Co, in the 1930s it housed the dental surgery of Dr Jan de Witt (Meiring & van Huyssteen)."
Alterations
Thatch replaced with iron.
Social History
back to top
PHOTO DATE: November 2009
Latitude/Longitude
-4020308.61398000000 / 2099737.02282000000
back to top
Additional Information
Additional Documents
Survey
2012
Circa
1825 - 1849
Admin Area
Stellenbosch
Allotment
Stellenbosch
Zoning
back to top
Date of survey
November 2009
Linked to erf/erven
1962
Linked Address
Environment
2012 Survey Document
2012 survey document not available
OTHER DOCUMENTS
back to top
NHRA Significance
Historical
Some significance
Rarity
Some significance
Aestetical
Some significance
Technological
Unassessed
Cultural
Unassessed
Social History
Unassessed
Slave History
No significance
* SCALE USED: Very Significant / Significant / Some Significance / No Significance / Not Assessed
back to top
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?
back to top
Additional Photos
back to top