Library
1966
Address
Plein Street
Date Built
1956
Suggested Grading
IIIB
Description
"Double storey parapeted 5-bay building with varnished joinery: small-pane double casements to first floor, small-pane pivoting sashes with solid half-shutters to ground floor. Central bay projects slightly, with florid plaster surround to first floor window, double doors with ornate fanlight and timber achitrave.Front garden with roses. Right of the main building and projecting forward is a high wall with pilasters, pediment and moulded crest above an arched door with strap hinges and moulded surround."
Details
Style
Neo Georgian
Architectural Period
Post Modern
Type Of Building
Civic
Architect / Builder
Current Use
Public Library
Original Use
General Evaluation
Significant
History
Alterations
Social History
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PHOTO DATE: November 2009
Latitude/Longitude
-4020287.88954000000 / 2099693.95261000000
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Additional Information
Additional Documents
Survey
2012
Circa
post 1950
Admin Area
Stellenbosch
Allotment
Stellenbosch
Zoning
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Date of survey
November 2009
Linked to erf/erven
Linked Address
Environment
Mill stream on front boundary.
2012 Survey Document
2012 survey document not available
OTHER DOCUMENTS
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NHRA Significance
Historical
Some significance
Rarity
Some significance
Aestetical
Significant
Technological
Unassessed
Cultural
Some significance
Social History
Some significance
Slave History
No significance
* 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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