Oude Rozenhof
Erf 8974
Address
8 Dorp Street cnr Staedler Street
Date built
1905
Use
Dwelling
Style
Late Victorian
Architectual period
Edwardian
Type of building
Commercial & Residential
General evaluation
Contributing
Suggested grading
IIIA
Present NHRA protection
Zoning
Date of survey
November 2009
Reference no.
29.04
Description
"Double storey building with tiled roof, two covered gables facing Dorp Str, a turret on the corner and a covered gable on Stadler Str, the gables nearest to the corner having plaster decorations. Quoins at corners and dividing facade into bays. 2x2 flat-arched sashes and casements with fanlights (replacing French doors?) to upper floor, all with plastered surrounds. Ground floor has flat-arched openings, including glazed doors and shopfronts on Dorp Str and windows with arched fanlights on Stadler Str. The ground floor of the 5 bays to the right on Dorp Str preserve the pattern of openings of a Cape building, with Georgian woodwork- a 4x4 door with sunrise fanlight and 12x12 sashes. A further sash and arched opening may be remnants of a Georgian extension. Uncovered stoop- there was probably a double storey verandah from the 1905 conversion, now removed."
History
"Rev JH Neethling was born here in 1826, the same year his farther built the original house, on a portion of the farm Weidenhof. Parts of the old house are preserved in Oude Rozenhof. The 1905 building was intended to be a hotel, but was not granted."
Alterations
Removal of verandah and conversion of upper doors to windows; merits restoration.
Social History
Significance in terms of NHRA
Significant
Significance
Significance
Assessed
Circa
1900 - 1909
Admin area
Stellenbosch
Allotment
Stellenbosch
Linked to erf/erven
Linked address
10,12,14,16,18 Dorp Str
NHRA protection
Environment