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    Inventory Number
    3326BC32
    Site Name
    32, 34 High Street, Grahamstown
    Site Category
    Record Administration
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    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Built Environment Recordings
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    Yes
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    BUILDING ON HIGH STREET IS A REBUILD OF 1894. WHILE THE SMALLER BUILDING ON BATHURST STREET IS A 1840'S BUILDING WITH 1880'S ORNAMENT AND LATER VERANDAH. SEE VAN DER RIET V111 5.
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    History of use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -33.309723, 26.528277
      KML File
      Erf3903,3904.kml (7.09 KB)
      Eastern Cape
      • Sarah Baartman
      • Makana
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Erf
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 3903 & 3904 Address:32 High StreetGrahamstown
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      Late Victorian/Edwardian double storey shop, forming part of important grouping._x000D_
      This is a fine late Victorian shop front of two floors with a domed corner tower jutting out and overhanging curved verandah roof. Free Renaissance facade treatment with fenestration of paired arches. Dates from 1872.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The facades of the four double-storeyed shop buildings, situated as follows:
      (a) 32-34 High Street, Grahamstown
      (i) Certain piece of land, being the remaining extent of Lot 8 (now known as the Remainder of Erf 3903, Grahamstown), situate in the Municipality of the City of Grahamstown, Division of Albany; and
      (ii) ceratin piece of land, being a portion of part of Erf 8 (now known as Erf 3904, Grahamstown), situate in the Municipality of the City of Grahamstown, Division of Albany.

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      9128
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      498 (A)
      Archive Status
      National monument
      9128-498.pdf (320.31 KB)
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