Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3326DA1
    Site Name
    Corbelled hut, Spring Farm, 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
    Use Period Use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -33.700278, 26.575278
      Eastern Cape
      • Sarah Baartman
      • Ndlambe
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 460
      Spring Farm
      Administration of Protections
      Administration Description

      Location required
      Action Status: Requested
      Site Action: InformationUpdate

      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      This corbelled hut is an excellent example of the ingenuity of the early pioneers in building a house with the only material at their disposal and is therefore an_x000D_
      important link in the development of vernacular architecture in South Africa.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The historic corbelled hut situated on certain redeemed quitrent land called Spring Farm situate in the Division of Albany.

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      6861
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      312
      Deeds Number
      T15695/1958, dated 30 October 1958
      Archive Status
      National monument
      6861-312_1.pdf (28.42 KB)
      Media
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