Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3326AD5
    Site Name
    Homestead, Hilton, Albany District
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Built Environment Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Building type
    Associated People
    History of use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -33.250811, 26.352685
      Eastern Cape
      • Sarah Baartman
      • Makana
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 182
      Erf/Farm Portion: Remainder of Portion 2
      Hilton
      Owner(s)
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      This magnificent bow-fronted Georgian double-storeyed house was erected in 1834 by Richard Gush for the owner A G Cumming. The bow-fronted design is unique and a few of its kind have remained unaltered.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The double-storeyed farmhouse, together with ten metres of surrounding land, situate on certain piece of abolished quitrent land in the Division of Albany, being the remainder of Portion 2 of the Farm Hilton 182.
      Deed of Transfer T7806/1977, dated 6 April 1977 (paragraph 1).

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      9384
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      1794
      Archive Status
      National monument
      9384-1794.pdf (200.45 KB)
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