Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3227DC1
    Site Name
    Von Ronow House and Moser Cottage, Berlin, King William's Town District
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Archaeology Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -32.891362, 27.577845
      Eastern Cape
      • Buffalo City
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 647 & 522
      King William's Town
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      Both the historic houses on this site are typical pioneer houses of the German Settlers who settled in the Eastern Province in the fifties of the 19th century.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The historic property with the two German Settler houses thereon, known as the Von Ronnow House and the Moser Cottage, at Berlin, near East London, which may be described as follows:
      (a) Certain piece of freehold land being Erf 522, Berlin (formerly known as Lot 15, situate in the Village of Charlottenburg), situate in the Municipality of the City of East London, in the Division of King William's Town, and measuring 613 square metres;
      (b) certain piece of freehold land, being Erf 523, Berlin (formerly known as Lot 14, situate in the Village of Charlottenberg), situate in the Municipality of the City of East London, in the Division of King William's Town, and measuring 613 square metres;
      (c) certain piece of freehold land, being Erf 647, Berlin (formerly known as Lot X, situate in the Village of Charlottenburg), situate in the Municipality of the City of East London, in the Division of King William's Town, and measuring 4,8562 hectares; and
      (d) certain piece of land, being Erf 519, Berlin (formerly known as Lot 1, sitaute in the Village of Charlottenburg), situate in the Municipality of the City of East London, in the Division of King William's Town, and meausring 613 square metres.

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      4085
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      2186
      Declared by (Organisation/Heritage Authority)
      Deeds Number
      Deed of Transfer 624/1960
      Archive Status
      National monument
      4085-2186.pdf (13.57 KB)
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