Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2929BB46
Site Name
Fort Durnford, Kemps Road, Estcourt
Site Category
Structures ยป Building
Record Administration
Author
sahrisprojectmanager
Post date
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:33
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
Built Environment Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 07/08/2012.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
9/2/409/0004
Recording date
Primary?
Yes
Classifications
Building type
Fort
Associated People
History of use
Use Period Use
Historical
Fortifications and stables
Current
Museum
Location
Location
Mapping
-29.015665, 29.888649
KwaZulu-Natal
  • Uthukela
  • Inkosi Langalibalele
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Farm
Land Parcel Reference
Erf/Farm No: 1081
Erf/Farm Portion: RE
Kemps Road
Estcourt
Directions to Site
Coming into Estcourt from Pietermaritzburg turn right onto Kemps Road just before crossing the railway.
Grading
Autoid
Grading - 249791
Submitted by
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 27/06/2012 - 02:00.
Grading
Grade II
GradingComment

archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

Statement of Significance

This extensive fortification was designed by Colonel A.W.Durnford and erected in 1874.

Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration - 220646
Declaration Type
Provincial Heritage Site
Declaration Description

Certain piece of land, with the buildings thereon, being Subdivision 1 of Lot 1081, Estcourt Townshi

Gazette Date
Gazette Number
6879
Notice Date
Notice Number
462
Deeds Number
G89/1966
Diagram Number
04812/888
Archive Status
National monument
6879-462 Fort Durnford, Kemps Road, Estcourt.pdf (111.53 KB)
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