Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3420AC2
    Site Name
    Rheenendal Mill, Swellendam 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
    Associated People
    History of use
    Use Period Use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -34.039254, 20.439377
      Western Cape
      • Overberg
      • Swellendam
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      This mill-house consists of a double-storeyed Georgian building which dated from about 1880 and is closely associated with the development of industrial architecture in South Africa. The mill-wheel is of the overshot type.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The historic water-mill, with an area stretching to the road reserve on the southern side and with 10 metres of land on each of the other three sides, situate on one-half ( ) share in certain abolished quitrent land, situate in the Division of Swellendam

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      5715
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      1627
      Deeds Number
      Deed of Transfer 3358/1970, dated 19 November 1970.
      Archive Status
      National monument
      18-K-Swe-2.pdf (411.91 KB)
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