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Schoongezicht
Idas Valley, Stellenbosch, Western Cape
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| The Schoongezicht homestead is situated on the farm Rustenberg. Arend Brink married Elizabeth, the daughter of Stellenbosch farmer Jacob Eksteen, in 1788. A house was built for them on part of Eksteen's farm Rustenburg. In 1810 this section, called Schoongezicht, was transferred to Brink. He sold it to Pieter Lourens Cloete in 1813. Cloete added the front part of the house and changed it from what was probably a plain rectangle to H-shaped. He added the front and back gables, based on the design of the front gable of the Cloete family's Groot Constantia homestead. He added a high stoep as a solution for the sloping terrain, with end seats and a double flight of steps. The house is magnificently situated and offers a particularly striking view from the approach. (Fransen 1965:57) The Hon. John X Merriman, the last prime minister of the Cape Colony, bought Schoongezicht, which had become run-down, in 1892. His brother-in-law Sir Jacob Barry bought the adjoining farm Rustenburg. They rebuilt the two farms and became exporters of fruit and wine. In 1941 Peter and Pamela Barlow bought Rustenburg, later adding the farm Schoongezicht to it. The reunited farm, known as Rustenberg, is still in the Barlow family, now the third generation. See Rustenberg Wines. References:
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