Gimnasia
662
Address
120, 122 Dorp Street
Date Built
1866
Suggested Grading
II
Description
"Single storey building with corrugated iron roof hipped at one end and with a covered gable at the other, and with pilaster quoins. 6x6 (arched) sashes with internal shutters and hood mouldings. Parapetted portico with vases and ornate plastered neo-Gothic filigree inset over entrance. Plain timber doors with ornate fanlight under portico, and additional 2x2 door with 3-pane fanlight.Carriage entrance to rear of erf with tall capped posts and timber beam over."
Details
Style
Cape Vernacular
Architectural Period
Victorian
Type Of Building
Educational
Architect / Builder
Current Use
Original Use
General Evaluation
Significant
History
"Constructed by J Joubert as a school building for the new Stellenbosch Gymnasium, which opened on 1 March 1866. The building was only occupied on 1 July, when classes moved from the Old Reading Room. The first pupils matriculated in 1870, and in 1873 four pupils obtained their BA from this building. It was used by the Gymnasium until 1874, when the school moved to the corner of Plein and Ryneveld Streets."
Alterations
Social History
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PHOTO DATE: November 2009
Latitude/Longitude
-4020590.35175000000 / 2099324.52715000000
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Additional Information
Additional Documents
Survey
2012
Circa
1850 - 1874
Admin Area
Stellenbosch
Allotment
Stellenbosch
Zoning
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Date of survey
November 2009
Linked to erf/erven
Linked Address
122 Dorp St
Environment
Part of an outstanding group.
2012 Survey Document
2012 survey document not available
OTHER DOCUMENTS
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NHRA Significance
Historical
Significant
Rarity
Significant
Aestetical
Significant
Technological
Unassessed
Cultural
Significant
Social History
Significant
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?
unassessed
Sect 28 Will any dev affect the prot or views of or from a Gr 1 or Gr 2 site?
unassessed
Sect 34 Is the building/structure older than 60 years?
yes
Sect 35 Is the site a declared archeological/palaeontological site?
unassessed
Sect 36 Does the site contain any graves or is it a burial ground?
unassessed
Sect 37 Does the site contain any public monuments or memorials?
unassessed
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Additional Photos
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