Oblique view from street Photographer: Roger Fisher - 2012 09 26 |
Courtyard, well, end of stable, converted stores as additional bedrooms Photographer: Roger Fisher - 2012 09 26 |
Well for rainwater collection Photographer: Roger Fisher - 2012 09 26 |
Courtyard Photographer: Roger Fisher - 2012 09 26 |
Converted stores Photographer: Roger Fisher - 2012 09 26 |
Notice board Photographer: Roger Fisher - 2012 09 26 |
Historical Monuments Commission plaque Photographer: Roger Fisher - 2012 09 26 |
Oblique view from street Photographer: Gerald Humphrey - 2014 |
Cover - No. 7 Castle Hill Port Elizabeth Published by the Port Elizabeth Museum Board, 1975 Submitted by Dorothy Adendorff Photographer: Bob Binnell |
Title page - Handbook for Visitors Submitted by Dorothy Adendorff Photographer: OJ Venter |
Page 1 - Dining room Submitted by Dorothy Adendorff Photographer: OJ Venter |
Page 2 - No. 7 Castle Hill Submitted by Dorothy Adendorff |
Page 3 - A lithograph by W.J. Huggins, showing whaling in Algoa Bay in 1832. Francis McCleland's house stands alone at the top of Castle Hill, midway between Fort Frederick and the memorial pyramid to Lady Donkin, for whom the town of Port Elizabeth was named Submitted by Dorothy Adendorff |
Page 4 -Decayed plaster was removed from the external walls during repairs in 1963, revealing the random stone coursing supplemented with brick. Submitted by Dorothy Adendorff Photographer: R Rainier |
Page 5 - A steep stairway with a simple wooden hand-rail leads from the entrance hall to the bedrooms above. The floors throughout the house are of polished yellowwood, and the recessed shutters in the deep window reveals provide protection as well as shade. Submitted by Dorothy Adendorff Photographer: OJ Venter |
Page 6 - Advertisement: Family Mansion To Let - dated 21st February, 1861. Submitted by Dorothy Adendorff |
Page 7 - Victorian and Edwardian dolls. Submitted by Dorothy Adendorff Photographer: OJ Venter |
Page 8 -The basement kitchen and the pantry that adjoins it have brick floors, and are furnished with a collection of old utensils. Next to the open hearth is an iron-doored bread oven, built deep into the wall. Submitted by Dorothy Adendorff Photographer: OJ Venter |
Page 9 - No. 7 Castle Hill exists today as a memorial to the way of living of the settlers who built it, and to the interest and devoted enthusiasm of the community which has preserved it. Submitted by Dorothy Adendorff Photographer: OJ Venter |
Page 10 - Old needlework is displayed in the bedrooms. Submitted by Dorothy Adendorff Photographer: OJ Venter |
Page 11 - Floor Plan of No. 7 Castle Hill - By courtesy of Messrs. Owen Eaton, Roux & Wolmarans. Submitted by Dorothy Adendorff |
Back cover - Centre: Logo of the Historical Monuments Commission: National Monument/Nasionale Gedenkwaardigheid. Bottom Right: Designed and printed by E.H. Walton & Co. Ltd., P.E. Submitted by Dorothy Adendorff |