Morkel House
Erf 1282
Address
4 Ryneveld Street
Date built
late 17th C (wine cellar); mid-18th C conversion to dwelling; c1860 Victorianisation
Use
Dwelling
Style
Cape Dutch
Architectual period
Cape Dutch
Type of building
Residential
General evaluation
Outstanding
Suggested grading
II
Present NHRA protection
Previous National Monument (1968)
Zoning
Date of survey
November 2009
Reference no.
10.02
Description
"U-shaped 5-bay house with corrugated iron roof, simple holbol front gable with mouldings carried onto the face, string course and small 6x6 sash, and mock chimney end gables. Facade symmetrical about a central window, with two 2x2 doors with arched top panels and sunrise fanlights.Windows are 9x9 sashes with internal shutters. Raised stoep with wrought iron railing.The site runs through to Drostdy Street, where there is a rough-plastered parapetted double garage with arched diagonal-timber double doors and an arched wooden garden gateset in an old wall. See photograph of 10.06B"
History
"One of the oldest surviving buildings in Stellenbosch, this was originally the wine cellar of Landdrost Cornelis Linnes, to whom about half the present street block was granted in 1693. It was bought by Jan Couterman in 1703 and Jan Botma in 1710. It was used for worship after the destruction of the DR church in the fire of 1710 until the completion of the new church in 1724, and was bought by the Kerkraad in 1719. In 1734 the Kolonie van Stellenbosch bought it and converted it into a ""Colony House"" which was used as the official residence of the Bailiff. About 1775 it was enlarged into a U-shaped dwelling and given gables. In 1830 it was bought by JA Mader and in c1890 by DC Morkel. It was Victorianised c1860. In 1968 it was bought by Historical Homes of SA and subsequently restored: the end gables at the back were reconstructed from a surviving fragment and a matching front gable added."
Alterations
See History.
Social History
Significance in terms of NHRA
Significant
Significance
Significance
Assessed







Circa
1850 - 1874
Admin area
Stellenbosch
Allotment
Stellenbosch
Linked to erf/erven
Linked address
6 Ryneveld St
NHRA protection
Previous National Monument (1968)
Environment