Post Office

Erf 2051 

Address

Bird Street cnr Plein Street 

Date built

Pre war 

Use

Post Office 

Style

Contemporary 

Architectual period

Contemporary  

Type of building

Civic 

General evaluation

Contributing 

Suggested grading

IIIB 

Present NHRA protection

Unassessed no. 

Zoning

 

Date of survey

November 2009 

Reference no.

22.06 

Description

"Double storey parapeted building with moulded cornice and angled corner. Granite plinth, rising to form architraves of entrances on corner and Bird St. Timber framed small-pane pivoting windows resembling sashes, arched on ground floor. Plaster surrounds, mouldings and pediments decorate entrances and articulate Plein St facade." 

History

 

Alterations

 

Social History

 


Significance in terms of NHRA

 
Very
Significant
Significant
Some
Significance
No
Significance
Not
Assessed
Historical
 
 
 
 
 
Rarity
 
 
 
 
 
Aesthetical
 
 
 
 
 
Technological
 
 
 
 
 
Cultural
 
 
 
 
 
Social History
 
 
 
 
 
Slave History
 
 
 
 
 

Circa

post 1950 

Admin area

Stellenbosch 

Allotment

Stellenbosch 

Linked to erf/erven

 

Linked address

 

NHRA protection

Unassessed no. 

Environment

 

Sect 27.2 Is the building/site a Provinical Heritage Site?
 
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?
 
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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