Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3121BA1
    Site Name
    Corbelled building, Goraas, Williston 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
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -31.18871, 21.518076
      Northern Cape
      • Namakwa
      • Karoo Hoogland
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 130
      Erf/Farm Portion: Remainder
      Directions to Site
      62km from Williston take the turn-off marked 'Goraas'. The buildings are located approximately 4,5km from turn-off.
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      This corbelled house is an example of the ingenuity of the first settlers in this area and is an important relic of the architectural history, Cultural and National, in South Africa.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      Corbelled house: On the farm Gorras, Division of Fraserburg, Province of the Cape of Good Hope, as shown on diagram S.G. No. 809/63 of 22nd March, 1963.

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      916
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      1560
      Deeds Number
      T11522/1956, dated 15 August 1956
      Archive Status
      National monument
      916-1560_1.pdf (7.33 KB)
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