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Park Villa Swellendam, Western Cape

Date: 1802 Type: Homestead Style: Cape Dutch Status: Extant Street: 23 Van Oudtshoorn Road

A T-shaped house, now under iron roof, with straight end-gables. The façade has two double casements on either side of the front door with its two-panes-high fanlight, the transom lining up with the window heads. Inside, reed ceilings survive. The tail contains the kitchen with another room behind it. The house, which is set well back from the street, was built by Johannes Hendrik Ungerer, probably in 1802. [Fransen p458.] 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 458 Swellendam Heritage Association. 2018. Treasures of Swellendam. Swellendam: Swellendam Heritage Association. pg 26