Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    2531CC1
    Site Name
    Guard House, Corner Lee Road and Judge Street, Barberton
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Archaeology Recordings
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    Inventory Reference
    Recording date
    Primary?
    Yes
    Built Environment Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Building type
    Associated People
    History of use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -25.790571, 31.056678
      Mpumalanga
      • Ehlanzeni
      • City of Mbombela
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Street Address
      Land Parcel Reference
      Lee Road and Judge Street
      Barberton
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      This wood and corrugated iron guard house was erected during 1901 to protect the concentration camp, the camp hospital and the town during the Anglo- Boer War. It is probably the only surviving blockhouse of its kind.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The historic Guard house, situate on undivided townlands on the corner of Lee and Judge Streets in B

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      6331
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      393
      Archive Status
      National monument
      6331-393.pdf (26.39 KB)
      Media
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