Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3327BB6
    Site Name
    Cuthbert's Building, 110 Oxford Street, East London
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, June 20, 2024 - 10:00
    Archaeology Recordings
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    Recording date
    Primary?
    Yes
    Built Environment Recordings
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    Inventory Reference
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    Yes
    Classifications
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    History of use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -33.014774, 27.903617
      Eastern Cape
      • Buffalo City
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 49292 Address:110 Oxford StreetCBDEast London
      Directions to Site
      1
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      This imposing treble-storeyed building, with its Flemish Renaissance gables, was designed by the architects Parker and Forsyth of Cape Town and erected in 1901 under the supervision of J Pender West, of the same firm, for W M Cuthbert. The fine cast-iron balustrading which tops the verandah roof is also noteworthy.

      Declaration
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      Declaration Description

      The facade of the Cuthbert's building, situate on certain piece of freehold land, being Lot 1, Block D (now known as Erf 15284) at Panmure in the Municipality of the City of East London, Division of East London.

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      8374
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      1926
      Archive Status
      National monument
      8374-1926.pdf (36.35 KB)
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