Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3418AC58
    Site Name
    Oatlands, Oatland's Road, Simonstown
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Built Environment Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Building type
    Associated People
    History of use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -34.202294, 18.454403
      Western Cape
      • City of Cape Town
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Street Address
      Land Parcel Reference
      Oatland's Road
      Simonstown
      Cape Town
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      This house, formerly known as the Government Garden House and later as the Commandant's House, probably dates from the end of the eighteenth century._x000D_
      Its inhabitants included Colonel John Graham and Captain (later Colonel) Henry Somerset. The name "Oatlands" was given to the property by Somerset.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The property with the house known as Oatlands thereon, being certain piece of land, partly land granted under Act 15 of 1887, partly redeemed quitrent land and partly freehold land, situate in the Municipality of Simonstown, Division of the Cape, being

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      6891
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      513
      Deeds Number
      Deed of Transfer 6225/1956, dated 8 May 1956.
      Archive Status
      National monument
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