Purdon Gilmour Building
5342
Address
137 Dorp Street cnr Louw Street
Date Built
c 1800
Suggested Grading
IIIA
Description
"Double storey 3-bay building with extension on right with first floor set back, all with moulded parapets. Small 6x6 sashes to first floor and larger 6x6 sashes on ground floor apparently new. 4x4 Georgian door and one 12x12 sash remain on ground floor. Brick stoep with pergola on capped masonry columns."
Details
Style
Georgian
Architectural Period
Cape Dutch
Type Of Building
Residential
Architect / Builder
Current Use
Offices
Original Use
General Evaluation
Significant
History
"Like nos 141/143 [ref. 06.08], this house stands on what from 1753 till 1795 was the DR Parsonage property (before La Gratitude was built). Which of the two houses was the old Parsonage, is not certain. No 137 is the most likely possibility, as it is"
Alterations
Much altered from likely Georgian appearance; pergola; distracting signage.
Social History
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PHOTO DATE: November 2009
Latitude/Longitude
-4020621.47890000000 / 2099558.22557000000
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Additional Information
Additional Documents
Survey
2012
Circa
1750 - 1799
Admin Area
Stellenbosch
Allotment
Stellenbosch
Zoning
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Date of survey
November 2009
Linked to erf/erven
Linked Address
Environment
part of a group
2012 Survey Document
2012 survey document not available
OTHER DOCUMENTS
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NHRA Significance
Historical
Significant
Rarity
Significant
Aestetical
Significant
Technological
Unassessed
Cultural
Significant
Social History
Significant
Slave History
Some 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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