Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3225DA6
Site Name
Walter Battiss Art Museum, 45 Paulet Street, Somerset East
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:21
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
Archaeology
Archaeology Recordings
Submitted by siyasanga.mhlekude on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 09:04.
Identifiers
Structures
Built Environment Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 07/08/2012.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Primary?
Yes
Classifications
Building type
Associated People
History of use
| Use Period | Use | |
|---|---|---|
Location
Location
Mapping
-32.715052, 25.585592
Eastern Cape
- Sarah Baartman
- Blue Crane Route
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Farm
Land Parcel Reference
Erf/Farm No: 57
Erf/Farm Portion: Remainder
Address:
45 Paulet Street
Somerset East
Erf/Farm Portion: Remainder
Address:
45 Paulet Street
Somerset East
Directions to Site
High impact
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 Georgian double-storeyed building was originally erected in about 1815 by Lord Charles Somerset for officers and presumably also soldiers who were stationed on the Eastern Frontier. The Victorian verandah was added later.
Declarations
Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration Type
Declaration Description
The property with the old officers' mess thereon, being certain piece of land situate in the Municipality and Division of Somerset East, being the Remainder of Erf 57, Somerset East, and measuring three thousand six hundred and twenty-six (3 626) square metres.
Gazette Date
Gazette Number
7943
Gazette Notice Status
Notice Date
Notice Number
573
Deeds Number
T29920/1974, dated 5 September 1974
Archive Status
National monument
4-K-SomE-1.pdf (353.75 KB)
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