Drostdy Centre
Erf 5357
Address
Alexander Street cnr Bird Street
Date built
pre 1859
Use
Shop
Style
Modern
Architectual period
Contemporary
Type of building
Commercial
General evaluation
Intrusive
Suggested grading
IIIB
Present NHRA protection
Previous "National Monument (facade, 1967)"
Zoning
Date of survey
November 2009
Reference no.
18.07
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."
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.
Significance in terms of NHRA
Significant
Significance
Significance
Assessed
Circa
post 1950
Admin area
Stellenbosch
Allotment
Stellenbosch
Linked to erf/erven
Linked address
NHRA protection
Previous "National Monument (facade, 1967)"
Environment
facing the Braak