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Ackerman House Stellenbosch, Western Cape George Cecil OSLER: Restoration Architect

Date: 1815 Client: Christiaan Neethling Type: Homestead Style: Cape Dutch Status: Extant Street: 48/50 Dorp Street

Built as an H-shaped plan with narrow side courts. Jan SMUTS boarded here as a student. It had taken on a victorian guise under a single iron roof. It was bought by the Historical Homes of South Africa Limited in 1971 and restored by OSLER. The vestigial gable was reconstructed as a facsimile of other gables in town of that time, eg Vredelust. The interior had painted floral faience surviving from that time. An annexe has wooden-framed windows from the 1850s (Fransen 2004:179-180). References: ISAA. 1959. The Yearbook of the Institute of South African Architects and Chapter of SA Quantity Surveyors 1958-1959 : Die Jaarboek van die Instituut van Suid-Afrikaanse Argitekte en Tak van Suid-Afrikaanse Bourekenaars 1958-1959. Johannesburg: ISAA. pg 179-180