Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3325CD8
    Site Name
    Old Drostdy, 50 Caledon Street, Uitenhage
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Archaeology Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Recording date
    Primary?
    Yes
    Built Environment Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Building type
    Associated People
    History of use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -33.769151, 25.404421
      Eastern Cape
      • Nelson Mandela Bay
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 8991
      Address:
      50 Caledon Street
      Uitenhage
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      The designer of the Drostdy building was M L Thibault, the well-known architect. Construction started in 1804, was completed in 1810. Today the Drostdy forms part of the historic core of Uitenhage.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      Erf 8991 (a portion of Erf 3710), with the old Drsotdy building thereon, at Uitenhage, situate in the Municipality and Administrative District of Uitenhage and measuring 4 384 (four thousand three hundred and eighty-four) square metres.

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      6205
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      2230
      Archive Status
      National monument
      Media
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