Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3227CD17
Site Name
Victoria Drill Hall, Queens Road, King William's Town
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:17
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
Structures
Built Environment Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 07/08/2012.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Primary?
Yes
Classifications
Location
Location
Mapping
-32.877687, 27.392767
Eastern Cape
- Buffalo City
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Farm
Land Parcel Reference
Erf/Farm No: 1286
Sutton Square, Queens Road
King William's Town
Sutton Square, Queens Road
King William's Town
Gradings
Grading
Autoid
Submitted by
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 27/06/2012 - 02:00.
Grading
Grade II
GradingComment
archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency
Statement of Significance
This Victorian building with its neo-Classical features was designed by J Laughton and was named after Queen Victoria to commemorate her sixtieth year as Queen of the British Empire. The cornerstone of the building was laid on 21 June 1897 and since its completion the building has been in continuous use as a drill hall.
Declarations
Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration Type
Declaration Description
Certain piece of freehold land with the Victoria Drill Hall thereon and now known as Erf 1303, being situated in King William's Town in the Division of King William's Town and measuring sixty-six (66) square roods twenty-three decimal four (23.4) square feet.
Gazette Date
Gazette Number
6940
Gazette Notice Status
Notice Date
Notice Number
716
Declared by (Organisation/Heritage Authority)
Deeds Number
Deed of Transfer 472/1914
Archive Status
National monument
6940-716.pdf (14.51 KB)
6940-716a.pdf (21.53 KB)
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