Rhenish Hostel (now PJ Olivier Art Centre)
3465
Address
Bloem Street
Date Built
original house c1790; present appearance late 19th C
Suggested Grading
II
Description
"Double storey building with moulded parapet, raised over entrance with ""Rhenish Institute"" in the plasterwork, corner pilasters and a moulded string course between floors. Upper floor has 6x6 sashes. Ground floor has 20x20 sashes with louvred internal shutters. 3-bay entrance with glazed double door with 15-pane fanlight flanked by 12x12 sashes,and with French doors upstairs, all varnished. Projecting porch over with fluted columns and cast iron balustrade. ""... at the back, downstairs, are some original [late-18th C] sashes. Some internal doors are also original. The H-shaped plan of the single storey house is still discernable as the nucleus of the present building. In one of the former side courts of the H there is now a barrel vault, a feature of several Stellenbosch houses. The screen and one of the two wall-cupboards in the central hall are new."" (Fransen & Cook, p. 137) Entrance has a cypress on each side; mature oaks along frontage."
Details
Style
Cape Dutch
Architectural Period
Georgian
Type Of Building
Residential
Architect / Builder
Current Use
Art School
Original Use
House
General Evaluation
Significant
History
"The land was first granted to Marthinus Byleveld in 1787 and an H-shaped house was built on it soon afterwards, facing away from the Braak. It was acquired by the Rhenish Church in 1862 and used as a school and hostel for girls. A second floor with a flat roof was added soon afterwards and the building later extended to both sides."
Alterations
Restored 1968
Social History
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PHOTO DATE: 23 March 2025
Latitude/Longitude
-4020426.10760000000 / 2099240.28604000000
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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
2012. Revised in 2025
Linked to erf/erven
Linked Address
Environment
2012 Survey Document
2012 survey document not available
OTHER DOCUMENTS
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NHRA Significance
Historical
Significant
Rarity
Very Significant
Aestetical
Very Significant
Technological
Unassessed
Cultural
Very Significant
Social History
Unassessed
Slave History
Unassessed
* 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?
unassessed
Sect 28 Will any dev affect the prot or views of or from a Gr 1 or Gr 2 site?
unassessed
Sect 34 Is the building/structure older than 60 years?
no
Sect 35 Is the site a declared archeological/palaeontological site?
unassessed
Sect 36 Does the site contain any graves or is it a burial ground?
unassessed
Sect 37 Does the site contain any public monuments or memorials?
unassessed
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