Groot Zalze

yes

The main structure is a "rectangular, 2-storeyed 'Georgian' five-bay house with hipped slate roof. It has good proportions and the ground-floor has the same late-Georgian windows as the upper storey”. The cellar dates from 1837, and "its gable has the almost straight, sloping outlines”. The thatch has been reinstated (Fransen, 2004: 235). The rest of the werf is made up of a Cape Revival single farmhouse dating from 1921, and in line with the cellar and main house. The so-called “pioneers‟ cottage” is located to the north-east. A werf wall, avenue of oaks, and garden complete the werf.

Agricultural werf

Granted in 1695 to Nicolaas Cleef (from Grosz Salze in Germany). In 1762 the farm was acquired by <br /> Willem Krige, who very likely built the lower storey of the present house.... In 1820 Jacobus Francois <br /> du Toit became owner (Fransen, 2004: 235), and the farm remained in their ownership for 166 years. <br /> The more recent history of the site saw the Kleine Zalze farm subdivided off in 1975, and in the 1960s <br /> Groote Zalze was sold to Henry Dowling (his daughter, Lesley Rae, is a well-known singer), and they <br /> sold the farm to the Endhoven Family in the 1990s (DPM Inc. De Zalze, 15 September 1997).

Linear werf type. The Cape Georgian main hours is rare and unique. Archaeological evidence points to an Early Stone Age presence of man along the Blaauklippen River (Goosen, 1997).

Yes: all buildings show some evidence of demolition and alterations, although the various layers are generally discernable.

The homestead and cellar form a linear werf arragement

Olives and granite outcrops are threatened by inappropriate adjacent development. The historic werf could be threatened by urban sprawl, enabled through the shifting of the urban edge, and by future infrastructural projects.