"Old Main Building (Old Victoria College), University of Stellenbosch"

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Overview

Address

Ryneveld Street

Date Built

1880 (cornerstone)

Suggested Grading

II

Description

"Double storey courtyard building with crenellated cornice, moulded string course between storeys and full-height pilasters with compiled capitals (Ionian and Corinthian) at corners and between bays. 2x2 sashes, with hood mouldings to upper floor. Central 5-bay section projects and is higher, with a pediment (with double dentils on inside of cornice) topped with rampant lions supporting the arms of the college, tall arched windows with flower-shaped fanlights and hood mouldings, and compiled columns between each bay. It has a 3-bay portico on compiled columns, forming a balustraded balcony. Arched windows and doors to ground floor entrance.The building is free-standing in gardens, with a wrought iron fence and moulded ball-capped posts around the square (erected 1901)."

Details

Style

Classical Revival

Architectural Period

Late Victorian

Type Of Building

Educational

Architect / Builder

Current Use

University

Original Use

General Evaluation

Outstanding

History

"The block later known as College Square was purchased by Rev JH Neethling, secretary of the College Board, for 300 pounds. Funds raised for the building, which was designed by Carl Otto Hager, were matched by the Colonial government. The foundation stone was laid by Sir George Strachan, Acting Governor of the Cape. The Stellenbosh College began to occupy the building in 1883, but it was not completed until 1886. The same year the Stellenbosch College Cadet Corps donated the fountain in the quadrangle. The college was renamed Victoria College the following year, retaining the name until it was taken over by the University in 1918."

Alterations

"Additions, 1964."

Social History

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PHOTO DATE: November 2009

Latitude/Longitude

-4019922.82477000000 / 2099645.92745000000
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Additional Information

Additional Documents

Survey

2012

Circa

1875 - 1899

Admin Area

Stellenbosch

Allotment

Stellenbosch

Zoning

University
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Date of survey

November 2009

Linked to erf/erven

Linked Address

Environment

2012 Survey Document

2012 survey document not available

OTHER DOCUMENTS

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NHRA Significance

Historical

Very Significant

Rarity

Very Significant

Aestetical

Very Significant

Technological

Unassessed

Cultural

Very Significant

Social History

Very Significant

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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