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Date: c1850 Type: Homestead Style: Corbel Houses Status: Extant

See more photographs Transcript from National Monuments Council board: KORBEELHUIS, SCHUINSHOOGTE HIERDIE KLIPRONDAWEL IS 'N KENMERKENDE VOORBEELD VAN DIE SOORT WONING WAT DIE EERSTE BLANKE BOERE IN HIERDIE GEWESTE OPGERIG HET. BY DIE GEBREK AAN GESKIKTE BOU- MATERIAAL EN GEREEDSKAP VIR KONVENSIONELE HUISE IS BESKIKBARE KLIP GEBRUIK EN HET 'N INTERESSANTE VOLKSARGITEKTUUR ONTSTAAN. Raad vir Nasionale Gedenkwaardighede CORBELLED HOUSE, SCHUINSHOOGTE THIS CORBELLED HOUSE IS A DISTINCTIVE EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF DWELLING WHICH THE FIRST WHITE FARMERS ERECTED IN THIS AREA. IN THE ABSENCE OF SUITABLE BUILDING MATERIAL AND IMPLEMENTS FOR THE ERECTION OF CONVENTIONAL HOUSES, AVAILABLE STONE WAS USED. THUS AN INTERESTING VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE ORIGINATED. National Monuments Council 1980 Declared a National Monument in 1964 and now a Provincial Heritage Site. References: Fransen, Hans. 2004. The old buildings of the Cape. A survey of extant architecture from before c1910 in the area of Cape Town - Calvinia - Colesberg - Uitenhage. Johannesburg & Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers. pg 539 Gaylard, Shaun & McDougall, Brett . 2022. RSA 365 : 365 Drawings of South African Architecture. Johannesburg: Blank Ink Design. pg 45, 45 ill Kramer, Patricia . 2019. Corbelled buildings of the Great Karoo : South Africa's hidden vernacular treasures. South Africa: Patricia Kramer. pg Richardson, Deirdré. 2001. Historic Sites of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. pg 66