Thaba 'Nchu Villas
1405
Address
5 Rattray Street
Date Built
1890
Suggested Grading
II
Description
"Semi-detached house with corrugated iron roof and projecting covered gable with square bay window extended up to eaves, louvred oval loft vent with plaster surround and decorative timber barge trim. Triangular dormer in front roof with decorative barge trim and plastered columns with scrolls on either side of timber double casements. Decorative plasterwork under eaves reperesenting half-timbering. Rusticated facetted quoins. Bullnose wrap-around verandah on cast iron columns and brackets with timber-framed cast iron frieze. Bay window has 2x2 sash flanked by 1x1 sashes, with vermiculated plaster decoration between and decorative plaster panels below. Front elevation has 2x2 sash flanked by attached 1x1 sashes and door.Garden wall with capped posts and cast iron railings and gate."
Details
Style
Late Victorian
Architectural Period
Late Victorian
Type Of Building
Residential
Architect / Builder
Current Use
Dwelling
Original Use
General Evaluation
Outstanding
History
Alterations
Social History
back to top
PHOTO DATE: November 2009
Latitude/Longitude
-4020477.48917000000 / 2100301.70937000000
back to top
Additional Information
Additional Documents
Survey
2012
Circa
1875 - 1899
Admin Area
Stellenbosch
Allotment
Stellenbosch
Zoning
back to top
Date of survey
November 2009
Linked to erf/erven
Linked Address
Environment
2012 Survey Document
2012 survey document not available
OTHER DOCUMENTS
back to top
NHRA Significance
Historical
Unassessed
Rarity
Some significance
Aestetical
Significant
Technological
Unassessed
Cultural
Unassessed
Social History
Unassessed
Slave History
Unassessed
* SCALE USED: Very Significant / Significant / Some Significance / No Significance / Not Assessed
back to top
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?
back to top
Additional Photos
back to top