Rhenish Hostel (now PJ Olivier Art Centre)
Erf 3465
Address
Bloem Street
Date built
original house c1790; present appearance late 19th C
Use
Art School
Style
Cape Dutch
Architectual period
Georgian
Type of building
Residential
General evaluation
Significant
Suggested grading
II
Present NHRA protection
Previous National Monument (1969)
Zoning
Date of survey
Reference no.
13.03A
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."
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
Significance in terms of NHRA
Significant
Significance
Significance
Assessed







Circa
1750 - 1799
Admin area
Stellenbosch
Allotment
Stellenbosch
Linked to erf/erven
Linked address
NHRA protection
Previous National Monument (1969)
Environment