Drostdy Centre
5357
Address
Alexander Street cnr Bird Street
Date Built
pre 1859
Suggested Grading
IIIB
Description
"Double storey building with hipped corrugated iron roof, covered gable on Alexander St and cut-away corner. 12x12 sashes to upper floor; sashes and casement windows to ground floor. Under gable is a double door with arched fanlight flanked by arched half-windows; with French doors and half-sashes above. String course on line of pre-existing verandah. Raised stoep with end walls and timber balustrade. On Bird Street is a paved court backed by double-storey modern buildings, open to the street except for a retained double-storey gabled facade with all joinery removed on the street edge."
Details
Style
Modern
Architectural Period
Contemporary
Type Of Building
Commercial
Architect / Builder
Current Use
Shop
Original Use
General Evaluation
Intrusive
History
Alterations
Conversion of historical hotel to shopping mall and demolition of buildings in Bird St.
Social History
Landmark building for at least one and a half centuries.
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PHOTO DATE: November 2012
Latitude/Longitude
-4020139.19661000000 / 2099344.18025000000
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Additional Information
Additional Documents
Survey
2012
Circa
post 1950
Admin Area
Stellenbosch
Allotment
Stellenbosch
Zoning
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Date of survey
November 2009
Linked to erf/erven
Linked Address
Environment
facing the Braak
2012 Survey Document
2012 survey document not available
OTHER DOCUMENTS
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NHRA Significance
Historical
No significance
Rarity
No significance
Aestetical
Some significance
Technological
Unassessed
Cultural
Some significance
Social History
Some significance
Slave History
No significance
* 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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