"Old Main Building (Old Victoria College), University of Stellenbosch"
4140
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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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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