Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3227CD2
    Site Name
    5 Hood Street, King William's Town
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, June 20, 2024 - 09:31
    Archaeology Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -32.869846, 27.38728
      KML File
      Erf4281.kml (4.31 KB)
      Eastern Cape
      • Buffalo City
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Erf
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 4281 Address:5 Hood StreetKing William's Town
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      This mid-Nineteenth Century double-storey house is closely associated with the military history of King William's Town at a stage when the town was at the centre of the Frontier Wars. The neo-Gothic windows and Victorian wooden balcony are particularly noteworthy.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The property with the historic officer's house thereon, being Erf 513, King William's Town, Municipality and Division of King William's Town, and measuring one thousand four hundred and six (1 406) square metres.

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      6561
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      1470
      Archive Status
      National monument
      6561-1470.pdf (29.78 KB)
      Media
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