Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3318CD360
Site Name
Herschel Memorial Obelisk, Grove Primary School, Cape Town
Site Category
Monuments & Memorials
Record Administration
Author
sahrisprojectmanager
Post date
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:27
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Friday, April 23, 2021 - 16:20.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
9/2/111/0034
Recorders
Vuyolwethu Msuthu
Kholiswa Toto
Primary?
On
Site Recording Admin Comments
Person/Institution Commemorated: Sir John F. W. Herschel. Baronet
Classifications
Monument Type
Obelisk
Description

The purpose is to keep memory of Sir John F. W. Herschel. Baronet

Original Position
It is in the same spot
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Date Comment
1842
Construction Materials
Bronze,concrete
Pedestal Material
Stone
Inscriptions
It proposed an education system which would equip students with practical knowledge applicable to their daily live in the 1838-1841
Built Environment Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 07/08/2012.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
9/2/111/0034
Primary?
Yes
Classifications
Building type
School
Associated People
History of use
Location
Location
Mapping
-33.982981, 18.460354
Western Cape
  • City of Cape Town
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Farm
Land Parcel Reference
Erf/Farm No: 57490
Grove Road
Claremont
Cape Town
Access details
By appointment only
Grading
Autoid
Grading - 247594
Submitted by
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 27/06/2012 - 02:00.
Grading
Grade II
GradingComment

archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration - 219936
Declaration Type
Provincial Heritage Site
Declaration Description

On a certain piece of land at Claremont, being the School Lot of the sub-division of Lot No. 1 of the Grove Estate.

Gazette Date
Gazette Number
2346
Notice Date
Notice Number
529
Archive Status
National monument
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