Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3326BC75
    Site Name
    Old Grey Institute, Belmont Terrace, Port Elizabeth
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Tuesday, August 13, 2024 - 14:37
    Built Environment Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Building type
    Architectural features

    Bibliography archive: Rainier, M 'The Albert Jackson School Buildings' Looking Back, II (2), June 1962, pp 10-13

    Associated People
    History of use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -33.9622, 25.6187
      Eastern Cape
      • Sarah Baartman
      • Makana
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 2850 Belmont TerraceCentralPort Elizabeth
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      The establishment of the Grey Institute is closely associated with the introduction of organised education in the Cape Province under the administration of Sir George Grey. The buildings of the Grey Institute are in the neo-Gothic style and form an essential part of the appearance and character of the historic core of Port Elizabeth.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The permanent buildings, including the Institute Building, the Rector's house, the hall and the ablution block on the site of the historic Grey Institute, situate on Erf 2580 (formerly known as a certain piece of land sitaute in Belmont Terrace, Port Elizabeth, being subdivision School Erf of the divided land granted to the Board of Managers of the Public Schools of Port Elizabeth upon the Grey Foundation on 10 December 1856) and measuring as such two hundred and fifty (250) square roods.

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      5351
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      2412
      Deeds Number
      Deed of Transfer 7534/1908, dated 19 October 1908.
      Archive Status
      National monument
      Media
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