Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3021DC1
    Site Name
    Corbelled house complex, Stuurmansfontein, Carnarvon District
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Archaeology Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Recording date
    Primary?
    Yes
    Built Environment Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Building type
    Associated People
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -30.915783, 21.663084
      Northern Cape
      • Pixley ka Seme
      • Kareeberg
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Street Address
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm Portion: Remainder
      Carnarvon
      Owner(s)
      Directions to Site
      High
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      These peculiar corbelled houses are examples of the ingenuity of the first settlers in this area and are important relics of the cultural and national architectural history in South Africa.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      Certain piece of land, including the buildings, measuring 11,781 sq. feet, being Gedenkwaardigheidsgebied on the Remainder of the farm Stuurmans-Fontein, situate in the District of Carnarvon, as shown in diagram S.G. No. 11526/65, surveyed in November 1965, by Surveyor F. Kidd.

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      1400
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      382
      Diagram Number
      11526/65
      Archive Status
      National monument
      1400-382.pdf (14.74 KB)
      Media
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