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Dekkersvlei (then Bergskadu, now Mountain View) Stellenbosch district, Western Cape George Cecil OSLER: Restoration Architect

Date: c. 1823 Client: Joshua Malherbe Type: Homestead Style: Cape Dutch Status: Unknown

A T-shaped plan with front gable having rosettes over its outer pilasters. The inner fluted gable engaged pilasters are placed above the architrave, aligned with those below which frame the doorway. The end gables are pedimented hol-bol. The tail is double-storeyed. OSLER was the renovating architect. (Fransen, in his book on Elliot, reported the house as 'lost' However he confirms its existence in 2004 (299-300). 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 299c-300a