Huis Theron

1817

Overview

Address

14 Van Riebeeck Street cnr Neethling Street

Date Built

c1900

Suggested Grading

II

Description

"Elaborate asymmetrical house of rubbed and tuck-pointed brick. Corrugated iron roof and tall chimneys, with projecting gables over bay windows on the corner and at each end. Gables have half-timbered decoration and plaster string course. Raised wrap-around bullnose verandah with cast iron columns, spandrel brackets, frieze and drop finials. 6-panel door with etched glass side and fanlights; 2x2 sashes with louvred shutters and plaster surrounds. Horizontal plaster bands between windows.Double-hoop iron fence with tuck-pointed facebrick pillars. Outbuilding behind the house converted to accommodation."

Details

Style

Late Victorian

Architectural Period

Victorian

Type Of Building

Residential

Architect / Builder

Current Use

Guest House

Original Use

General Evaluation

Significant

History

Alterations

Social History

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PHOTO DATE: November 2009

Latitude/Longitude

-4020272.79218000000 / 2100179.16128000000
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Additional Information

Additional Documents

Survey

2012

Circa

1875 - 1899

Admin Area

Stellenbosch

Allotment

Stellenbosch

Zoning

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Date of survey

November 2009

Linked to erf/erven

1816; 1815

Linked Address

Environment

2012 Survey Document

2012 survey document not available

OTHER DOCUMENTS

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NHRA Significance

Historical

Unassessed

Rarity

Some significance

Aestetical

Significant

Technological

Unassessed

Cultural

Unassessed

Social History

Unassessed

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?

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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