Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3318CD204
    Site Name
    Wrensch House, 77 Lower Wrensch Road, Observatory, Cape Town
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Archaeology Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -33.939815, 18.474117
      Western Cape
      • City of Cape Town
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 26651; 26652; 26654
      Address:
      77 Lower Wrensch Road
      Observatory
      Cape Town
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      This building complex, with its Cape-Dutch, Georgian and Victorian features forms a unique architectural unit. The main building as well as some of the outbuildings date from the last quarter of the eighteenth century.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      7632
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      1301
      Archive Status
      National monument
      7632-1301.pdf (23.03 KB)
      7632-1301a.pdf (20.43 KB)
      Media
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