Ida's Valley Workers Housing

6/1075

Overview

Address

Lelie Street

Date Built

Suggested Grading

IIIA

Property Number

6/1075

Present NHRA protection

S27

Older than 60 years - at time of survey

yes

Description

A cluster of four workers’ houses on the edge of the Ida’s Valley werf closest to the town, these cottages, with three vaulted modules, front stoeps and white walls, create a small werf of their own. The design intent was to create economical, robust and architecturally sympathetic houses on the edge of a historically significant farm werf, and this was ably achieved. Large oak trees and whitewashed boundary walls embed the houses further within their context.

Details

Valley

Area

Landscape Unit

Townscape

Landscape Unit Grade

Grade II

Architect / Builder

Gabriel Fagan & Partners

Current Use

Agricultural werf

Original Use

Agricultural werf

General Evaluation

Interior Description

No access

History

The houses were built in 1975, and commissioned by the owners of Ida’s Valley farm, Major Philip <br /> Erskine and Mrs Fiona Erskine.

Grouping with other sites

The site forms part of the Ida's Valley Grade I area.

Evidence of Demolition

Contextual Design

The cottages perform a gateway role to the valley.

Invasive Elements

Heritage Vulnerability

Encroachment from the town.
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Latitude/Longitude

-33.917482 / 18.885570
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Additional Information

Additional Documents

Survey

2016

Circa

Admin Area

Allotment

Zoning

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Date of survey

2016

Linked to erf/erven

Linked Address

Environment

Valley PDF

No document

AREA PDF

No document

Landscape Unit PDF

No document

Townscape PDF

2016 Survey Document - Site PDF

OTHER DOCUMENTS

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NHRA Significance

Age

Low

Archaeology

Low

Architectural

High

Associational

Medium

Intangible

Medium

* SCALE USED: High / Medium / Low / None

Rarity

High

Representivity

Medium

Scientific

Low

Symbolic

Low

Statement of Significance

These structures are a rare example of a modernist aesthetic being applied on a historic farm werf in service of the farm workers. It is clear that the houses are both “of their time” but contextually sensitive. They have been identified by the architectural organisational DOCOMOMO as signifi cant modernist structures.

Landscape Significance

There are some mature trees around the cottages. These, together with the whitewashed boundary walls (which seem to pre-date the cottages) embed the structures within a farm werf context.
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