Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3418BB3
    Site Name
    Morgenster, Lourens Road, Somerset West District
    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
    Architectural features

    Originally part of the farm Vergelegen that was granted to Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel in 1700, this portion was purchased in 1708 by Jacques Malan after Van der Stel's recall. The erection of the main buildings is attributed to members of the Ma
    Bibliography archive: Viney, Graham 'Colonial Houses of South Africa' p 61

    Associated People
    History of use
    Use Period Use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -34.083968, 18.885003
      Western Cape
      • City of Cape Town
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 732
      Erf/Farm Portion: 12
      Lourensford Road
      Cape Town
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      Originally part of the farm Vergelegen that was granted to Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel in 1700, this portion was purchased in 1708 by Jacques Malan after Van der Stel's recall. The erection of the main buildings is attributed to members of the Malan family during the last quarter of the eighteenth century.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      6940
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      709
      Deeds Number
      Deed of Transfer 10698/1977, dated 6 May 1977.
      Archive Status
      National monument
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