Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3326BC31
Site Name
Observatory Museum, 10 Bathurst Street, Grahamstown
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:08
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
Structures
Built Environment Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 07/08/2012.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Primary?
Yes
Classifications
Associated People
History of use
| Use Period | Use | |
|---|---|---|
Location
Location
Mapping
-33.309892, 26.529266
KML File
Erf7249.kml (4.48 KB)
Eastern Cape
- Sarah Baartman
- Makana
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Farm
Land Parcel Reference
Erf/Farm No: 7249 (previously 1640)
Address:
10 Bathurst Street
Grahamstown
Address:
10 Bathurst Street
Grahamstown
Owner(s)
Gradings
Grading
Autoid
Submitted by
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 27/06/2012 - 02:00.
Grading
Grade II
GradingComment
archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency
Statement of Significance
This building is unique in stucture and was used by Henry Carter Galpin, watchmaker and jeweller, as a home and business premises soon after his arrival in Grahamstown in 1849. In 1880 Galpin installed a camera obscura in the turret of the building.
Declarations
Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration Type
Declaration Description
The property together with the building known as the Observatory Museum thereon, being Erf 7249 Grahamstown, situated in the Municipality of Grahamstown, Division of Albany, in extent 762 (seven hundred and sixty-two) square metres.
Certificate of Consolidated Title 4579/1988, dated 29 January 1988.
Gazette Date
Gazette Number
14251
Gazette Notice Status
Notice Date
Notice Number
2494
Archive Status
National monument
14251-2494c.pdf (36.52 KB)
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