Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3224BC8
    Site Name
    26 Somerset Street, Graaff-Reinet
    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
    Architectural style
    Associated People
    History of use
    Use Period Use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -32.250593, 24.536311
      Eastern Cape
      • Sarah Baartman
      • Dr Beyers Naude
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 1489
      Address:
      26 Somerset Street
      Graaff-Reinet
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      Grading Date
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: National Monuments Council

      Significance criteria
      Significance Categories
      Sphere of Significance
      Local
      Level
      High
      Significance Categories
      Sphere of Significance
      Local
      Level
      Low
      Significance Categories
      Sphere of Significance
      Local
      Level
      High
      Statement of Significance

      These buildings, with their Georgian Karoo style and Victorian features, which date mainly from the nineteenth century, form an integral part of the historical and architectural core of Graaff-Reinet, which was founded in 1785.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The facades of the two Victorian dwelling-houses situated on the following erven:
      Certain piece of land, being Lot or Subdivision 10 of Erf 3 (now known as Erf 1488, Graaff-Reinet), situated in the Municipality and Division of Graaff-Reinet in extent 981 (nine hundred and eighty-one) square metres; and
      certain piece of land, being Lot or Subdivision 11 of the said Erf 3 (now known as Erf 1489, Graaff-Reinet), situated in the Municipality and Division of Graaff-Reinet in extent 981 (nine hundred and eighty-one) square metres.
      Deed of Transfer T24011/1970, dated 25 August 1970 (endorsement p.1).

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      10625
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      372
      Archive Status
      National monument
      10625-372e.pdf (327.72 KB)
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