Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3321AD6
    Site Name
    Oakdene, 50 Church Street, Ladismith
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Archaeology Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Recording date
    Primary?
    Yes
    Built Environment Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Building type
    Associated People
    History of use
    Use Period Use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -33.493154, 21.265498
      Western Cape
      • Eden
      • Kannaland
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 564
      Address:
      50 Church Street
      Ladismith
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      This stately double-storeyed house was erect by the immigrant Heinrich Wilhelm Becker in 1876. He was Mayor of Ladismith for an unbroken period of 32 years.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The property with the dwelling-house known as 'Oakdene' thereon, being a certain piece of redeemed quitrent land, being Erf 564, Ladismith, situate in Ladismith, and measuring seventy-four thousand seven hundred (74 700) square feet.

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      6331
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      392
      Archive Status
      National monument
      6331-392_0.pdf (29.97 KB)
      6331-392a.pdf (11.52 KB)
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