O M Bergh Huis
1272
Address
11 Drostdy Street cnr Church Street
Date Built
pre-1817; Georgianised c1877
Suggested Grading
IIIA
Description
Double storey 3 bay house with full-width triangular pediment with three round cast iron vents with moulded plaster surrounds. Facade rusticated with rusticated quoins and straight hood mouldings to all openings. Upper floor has a 4x4 sash flanked by 6x6 sashes; ground floor has a 2x2 door with tall geometric fanlight and French doors with similar fanlights and separate louvred shutters to doors and fanlights. Stoep with projecting steps.Narrow front garden
Details
Style
Late Georgian
Architectural Period
Victorian
Type Of Building
Residential
Architect / Builder
Current Use
Museum
Original Use
General Evaluation
Contributing
History
"Was originally an H-shaped single storey house (original ceilings intact): the entrance is now where its side court was. From about 1810 to 1837 it was owned by Johannes Wege, an auctioneer, who may have added the second floor. It was then the home of Professor John Murray, one of the first 2 professors of the Theological Seminary, who was probably responsible for the Georgianisation. (Fransen & Cook and Meiring & van Huyssteen"
Alterations
Restored: balcony removed.
Social History
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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
December 2012
Linked to erf/erven
1273
Linked Address
Environment
2012 Survey Document
2012 survey document not available
OTHER DOCUMENTS
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NHRA Significance
Historical
Significant
Rarity
Some significance
Aestetical
Some significance
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?
no
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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