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Cape Dutch
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A Protestant domestication of the style of the Counter Reformation, expressed in farmsteads set in extended landscapes with strategically placed architectural features, such as gateposts, walls, and utility buildings, such as wine cellars fowl runs given architectural treatment, the homesteads following set plans and having curvilinear gables. This style was based on short-span, symmetrical, rectangular-plan forms, usually with E, H, T, or U configurations (see Alphabet plans). The houses are single storeyed with thick lime-washed walls, economically disposed door-and window-openings, thatched and adorned with local variants of the Baroque and later Roccoco gables.
[See also Cape Baroque; Cape Rococo].
Buildings on this website in Cape Dutch style
Ackerman House: 1815. Stellenbosch, Western Cape  |
Alphen: c1765. Constantia, Western Cape  |
| Amstelhof - Cape Dutch House: 1856. Dal Josaphat, Western Cape |
| Bath Street, No 20: 1854. Montagu, Western Cape |
| Bellevue Homestead: n.d.. Higgovale, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Bergskadus: n.d.. Dal Josaphat, Western Cape |
| Blaauwklippen: c.1760. Stellenbosch, Western Cape |
| Blyhoek: 1824. Stellenbosch, Western Cape |
| Bonfoi: n.d.. Bottelary, Stellenbosch, Western Cape |
| Boschendal: 1812 : 1975. Franschhoek, Western Cape |
| Boshof Farmhouse: 1776 : 1794: 1840s. Newlands, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Buffelsdrift: 1852 : 2017. Vyversrus, Western Cape |
| Buitenverwachting: 1796. Constantia, Western Cape |
| Burgher Watch House: 1755 : 1829: 1916. Central, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Church Street 17: n.d.. Tulbagh, Western Cape |
| Church Street 21: 1853. Tulbagh, Western Cape |
| Church Street 23 - Paddagang: n.d. : 1972-3. Tulbagh, Western Cape |
| Church Street 25: n.d.. Tulbagh, Western Cape |
| Church Street 27: c1900. Tulbagh, Western Cape |
| Church Street 43 - Ballotina: 1814. Tulbagh, Western Cape |
| Coachman, The: n.d.. Swellendam, Western Cape |
| Coachmans Cottage - Lankhoff Cottage: c1791. Stellenbosch, Western Cape |
| Coornhoop: 1657 : 1892 : 1964. Observatory, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Cuyler Manor - Museum: 1827. Kariega (Uitenhage), Eastern Cape |
| De Kloof - Weltevreden: 1801. Swellendam, Western Cape |
| De Wolvenhoek now Cordiersrus: 1819. Groenberg, Wellington, Western Cape |
| Dekkersvlei (then Bergskadu, now Mountain View): c. 1823. Stellenbosch, Western Cape |
| Drostdy: 1804 : 1934 : 1973-1974. Tulbagh, Western Cape |
| Drostdy Museum Complex - Zanddrift: 1734 : 1769 : 1976. Swellendam, Western Cape |
| Drostdy, The (Now Drostdy Museum): 1746. Swellendam, Western Cape |
| Duiwehok - Dovecot (Meerlust): n.d.. Stellenbosch, Western Cape |
| Eben Haëzer: c1837. Paarl, Western Cape |
| Elsenburg: 1700s : 1915. Klapmuts, Western Cape |
| Farmhouse Doornrivier: 1790 : 1831. Worcester, Western Cape |
| Fishermen's Cottages, Hotagterklip: n.d.. Struisbaai, Western Cape |
| Geboortehuis van H A Fagan: n.d.. Tulbagh, Western Cape |
| Glen The: 1812/1821. Swellendam, Western Cape |
| Goede Rust: n.d.. Dal Josaphat, Western Cape |
| Groenhof: 1780. Stellenbosch, Western Cape |
| Groot Constantia Homestead: 1792. Constantia, Western Cape |
| Groot Constantia Jonker's House: n.d.. Constantia, Western Cape |
| Het Posthuys: 1673 : 1979 : 1990. Muizenberg, Western Cape |
| Hoop op Constantia: 1795. Constantia, Western Cape |
| Hope Lodge: 1839. Swellendam, Western Cape |
| House van der Merwe: 1858. Montagu, Western Cape |
| Imhoff Battery, Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town: 1743. Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Iziko Museum - Koopmans de Wet House: 1790. Central, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Kleinbosch Farm: 1792. Dal Josaphat, Western Cape |
| Koopmans de Wet House - Iziko Museum: 1790. Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Kronendal: 1800. Hout Bay, Western Cape |
| La Gratitude: 1798. Stellenbosch, Western Cape |
| La Provence, now Grande Provence: c1760 : 1815 : 1969. Franschhoek, Western Cape |
| Languedoc: 1757. Dal Josaphat, Western Cape |
| Lanzerac - Schoongezicht: n.d. : 1830. Idas Valley, Stellenbosch, Western Cape |
| Libertas Parva: 1783 (or soon after). Stellenbosch, Western Cape |
| Malherbe House: 1859. Montagu, Western Cape |
| Martin Melck House (Old Lutheran Parsonage): 1781. Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Meerlust: 1693 : 1776. Stellenbosch, Western Cape |
| Moolmanshof: 1798. Swellendam, Western Cape |
| Morgenster - Morning Star: 1786. Somerset West, Western Cape |
| Morgenzon: 1745. Swellendam, Western Cape |
| Mostert's Mill: 1796 : 1936 : 2021-2024. Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Nederburg: 1800. Dal Josaphat, Western Cape |
| Non Pareille: n.d.. Dal Josaphat, Western Cape |
| Oak View Manor: 1917. Heidelberg, Gauteng |
| Oefeningshuis - Meeting House: 1838. Swellendam, Western Cape |
| Old Nectar - Nektar: 1815. Jonkershoek, Stellenbosch, Western Cape |
| Oslo House: 1850. Swellendam, Western Cape |
| Oupos: 1734. Swellendam, Western Cape |
| Park Villa: 1802. Swellendam, Western Cape |
| Parsonage, Old: 1765 : 1769. Tulbagh, Western Cape |
| Posthuys: 1673 : 1979 : 1990. Muizenberg, Western Cape |
| Reinet House - Old Pastorie - Museum: 1812 : 1952-1956. Robert Sobukwe (Graaff-Reinet), Eastern Cape |
| Rheezicht: 1782 : c1960. Oranjezicht, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Rhone: 1795. Franschhoek, Western Cape |
| Roggeland: n.d. : 1979. Dal Josaphat, Western Cape |
| Rotterdam: 1794. Swellendam, Western Cape |
| Rust-en-Vrede: c1850. Durbanville, Western Cape |
| Rust-en-Vreugd: 1777 : c1970. Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Rustenburg House: After 1664. Rondebosch, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Schoongezicht: c1840. Paarl, Western Cape |
| Schoongezicht: c1788. Idas Valley, Stellenbosch, Western Cape |
| Schoongezicht - Lanzerac: n.d. : 1830 : 1914. Idas Valley, Stellenbosch, Western Cape |
| Schoongezicht Farm: 1717. Dal Josaphat, Western Cape |
| Spier: n.d.. Stellenbosch, Western Cape |
| Steenberg: c1740 : pre-1940. Tokai, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Stellenberg: n.d.. Kenilworth, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Tokai Manor House: 1796. Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Urquhart House Museum: 1806 - 1821 : 1993. Robert Sobukwe (Graaff-Reinet), Eastern Cape |
| Valencia Farm: 1818. Windmeul area, Dal Josaphat, Western Cape |
| Vergelegen: 1700. Somerset West, Western Cape |
| Vergelegen for Sir Lionel Phillips, restoration: 1700 : 1917 : 1993. Somerset West, Western Cape |
| Vlakkeland farmstead: n.d.. Onder Dal Josafat, Dal Josaphat, Western Cape |
| Vredenhof: 1800s. Paarl, Western Cape |
| Welcome Cottage: n.d.. Glencairn, Western Cape |
| Westoe: c.1740 : late C19 : early C21. Mowbray, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Wrensch House: 1700s : ~1741 : late 1900s : early 2000s. Observatory, Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Zandberg (now Scholtzenhof): 17C : 1840s : 1970s : 1994. Stellenbosch, Western Cape |
| Koetservlei / Lismore: 1750s : 1870s. Suurbraak, Western Cape |
Books linked to this entry
| Fransen, Hans. 2014. Cape Baroque and the contribution of Anton Anreith. Stellenbosch: SUN Media (imprint RAP) pp All |
| Frescura, Franco & Myeza, Joyce . 2017. Illustrated glossary of southern African architectural terms; English-isiZulu. Pietermaritzburg: UKZN Press pp 33 |
| Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott. 1957. Eighteenth century architecture in South Africa. London: Batsford pp All |
| Stewart, John . 2021. Sir Herbert Baker : architect to the British Empire. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp 23, 39, 41-42, 49, 54, 57, 70, 101, 137, 212 |