Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3319CA28
    Site Name
    Ouma Granny's House, 37 Fountain Street, Wellington
    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
      -33.641549, 19.007724
      Western Cape
      • Cape Winelands
      • Drakenstein
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 947
      Address:
      37 Fountain Street
      Wellington
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      The property was first granted to P B Marchant in 1876. It is now a museum. The building is an intact example of Victorian architecture of the area and houses the valuable C P Hoogenhout collection.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The property with the so-called Ouma Granny's House thereon, being the Remainder of Erf 947, Wellington, situated in the Municipality of Wellington, Division of Paarl, in extent 820 (eight hundred-and-twenty) square metres.
      Deed of Transfer T30439/1971, dated 16 November 1971.

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      15326
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      2418
      Deeds Number
      T30439/1971, dated 16 November 1971
      Archive Status
      National monument
      Media
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