Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3320BA1
Site Name
Matjiesfontein Village, Laingsburg District
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:17
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
Archaeology
Archaeology Recordings
Submitted by sandiswa.mkuba on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 15:13.
Identifiers
Structures
Built Environment Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 07/08/2012.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Primary?
Yes
Classifications
Location
Location
Mapping
-33.230735, 20.582626
Western Cape
- Central Karoo
- Laingsburg
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Farm
Land Parcel Reference
Erf/Farm No: 1-14
Matjiesfontein
Matjiesfontein
Directions to Site
Turn off from N1. Village is 1km from turn-off.
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
The historic Matjiesfontein Village was built between 1895 and 1907 by Mr J. Logan. It was developed as a spa and as such it became the meeting place of historical figures like Cecil Rhodes and Olive Schreiner. During the Anglo-Boer War it served as the headquarters of the supreme command of the British forces in the Cape. _x000D_
The buildings of this unspoilt Victorian village form a unique whole and mirror the architecture of their era.
Declarations
Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration Type
Gazette Date
Gazette Number
4840
Notice Date
Notice Number
1717
Deeds Number
T1649/1971, dated 26 January 1971
Archive Status
National monument
4840-1717.pdf (327.47 KB)
4840-1717a.pdf (131.53 KB)
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