Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3420AC14
    Site Name
    The Glen, Glen Barry Road, Swellendam
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Archaeology Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -34.010945, 20.451232
      Western Cape
      • Overberg
      • Swellendam
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 1491
      Glen Barry Road
      Swellendam
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      The property on which this Cape Dutch house is situated was originally granted to Johannes Matthys Ebersohn in 1799 who initially erected a T-shaped house. Jan Ferdinand Bam converted it into an H-shaped house early in the nineteenth century.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The Cape Dutch house known as "The Glen", with five metres of surrounding land, situated on certain land in the Municipality and Division of Swellendam, being Erf 1491, Swellendam.
      Deed of Transfer 10949/1965, dated 3 May 1965 (paragraph 10).

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      6800
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      5
      Deeds Number
      Deed of Transfer 10949/1965, dated 3 May 1965.
      Archive Status
      National monument
      2-K-Swe-17.pdf (439.59 KB)
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