Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    2528CC22
    Site Name
    Smuts House, Doornkloof, Irene, Pretoria
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Archaeology Recordings
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    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
      -25.881256, 28.225746
      Gauteng
      • City of Tshwane
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Street Address
      Land Parcel Reference
      Irene
      Pretoria
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      Field-Marshal the Rt Hon. J C Smuts, second Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa and a prominent figure in world affairs, lived in this house for a considerable part of his life.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The farm house, known as "Big House", situate on Portion 53 (a portion of Portion 15) of the farm Doornkloof 391, Registration Division JR, situate in the District of Pretoria, Province of the Transvaal (Deed of Transfer 19295/1961).

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      2551
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      3615
      Archive Status
      National monument
      Media
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