Wilgenhof Residence

Erf 1836 

Address

Victoria Street cnr Ryneveld Street 

Date built

1964 

Use

Hostel 

Style

Georgian Revival 

Architectual period

Post Modern  

Type of building

Residential 

General evaluation

Contributing 

Suggested grading

IIIC 

Present NHRA protection

 

Zoning

 

Date of survey

December 2012 

Reference no.

25.17A 

Description

Three storey parapeted building with steel casements and rusticated plinth. 

History

In 1903 the slave quarters of the farm Wilgenhof (see history of 25.17B) were converted into a double storey men's hostel for Victoria College and became known as Wilgenhof. The present building was built on the site of the old building. 

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

1782 

Linked address

 

NHRA protection

 

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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