De Wet Centre

Erf 4433 

Address

Church Street 

Date built

c1900 

Use

Shop 

Style

Victorian 

Architectual period

Victorian  

Type of building

Commercial 

General evaluation

Contributing 

Suggested grading

IIIA 

Present NHRA protection

 

Zoning

 

Date of survey

November 2009 

Reference no.

12.17A 

Description

"Double storey 3-bay building with simple raised parapet and cornice. Upper floor has quoins, rustication and flat-arched 2x2 sashes with bracketed hood mouldings and rectangular cast iron vents to loft. String course above ground floor continuous with 17.17B (verandah removed?). Ground floor has modern facing, shopfront and recessed entrance." 

History

De Wet family business - 1980s. 

Alterations

Ground floor modernised. 

Social History

 


Significance in terms of NHRA

 
Very
Significant
Significant
Some
Significance
No
Significance
Not
Assessed
Historical
 
 
 
 
 
Rarity
 
 
 
 
 
Aesthetical
 
 
 
 
 
Technological
 
 
 
 
 
Cultural
 
 
 
 
 
Social History
 
 
 
 
 
Slave History
 
 
 
 
 

Circa

1875 - 1899 

Admin area

Stellenbosch 

Allotment

Stellenbosch 

Linked to erf/erven

 

Linked address

 

NHRA protection

 

Environment

 

Sect 27.2 Is the building/site a Provinical Heritage Site?
 
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?
 
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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