Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3224AB1
    Site Name
    Post Office and Magistrate's Court, Grey Street, Aberdeen
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Built Environment Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Recording date
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Associated People
    History of use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -32.47715, 24.06259
      Eastern Cape
      • Sarah Baartman
      • Dr Beyers Naude
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 1180
      Address:
      20 Grey Street
      Bethulie
      Directions to Site
      High impact. On prominent corner and opposite prominent buildings.
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      Naude's nek is the highest mountain pass in the country and possibly the continet, that is negotiable by ordinay vehicles. Sani pass, whose highest point is in Lesotho, is negotiable only by specialise off road vehicles. Naude's nek is a testimonial to the pioneering who, refusing to be intimidated by adverse terrain and other adversities developed and opened up the country.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The original old Post Office and Magistrate's Office building situated on the portion marked C, being a portion of Lot 9, and the portion marked D, being a portion of Lot 8 of Block D, part of the farm Brakkefontein (now known as Erf 1180, Aberdeen), in the Town and District of Aberdeen, Province of the Cape of Good Hope.
      Deed of Transfer T1713/1898, dated 8 March 1898.

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      13075
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      536
      Deeds Number
      1713/1898, dated 8 March 1898
      Diagram Number
      2995/1897
      Archive Status
      National monument
      13075-536b_0.pdf (62.6 KB)
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