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Date: 1855 : 1970 Client: Charles Lennox Stretch Type: Cottage Style: Georgian Status: Extant Street: 53 Bourke St   Click to view large map Coordinates: 32°15'10.76" S 24°32'04.42" E Alt: 751m

Stretch's Court is an unique street restored in its entirety. These houses were the homes of emancipated slaves in the mid-nineteenth century. Currently, the buildings are utilized by the Drostdy Hotel for accommodation. Captain Charles Lennox STRETCH came to Graaff-Reinet in 1819, during the fifth Frontier War. He was appointed as government land-surveyor. In 1855 he purchased land, divided it into plots and transferred the land to coloured labourers and emancipated slaves. A century later the cottages were in disrepair and the Historical Homes of South Africa Limited acquired them and restored them (Karoopark).