Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    2930CB229
    Site Name
    Girls' High School, Alexandra Road, Pietermaritzburg
    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
      -29.624519, 30.38496
      KwaZulu-Natal
      • Umgungundlovu
      • The Msunduzi
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Street Address
      Land Parcel Reference
      Address:
      117 Alexandra Road
      King William's Town
      Directions to Site
      From CBD take West St towards Durban. At T right into Alexandra Rd. School is on right almost immedi
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      This impressive group of buildings, erected in the neo-classical style, forms the nucleus of the Girls’ High School that was opened on this site in the old manor-house, Morningside, on 4 August 1920. The latter building, although altered, still forms part of the complex.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The Main Building (1925); the North Floor (1927); the Gymnasium (1934), the Norma Burns Hall (1960);

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      9345
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      1622
      Deeds Number
      T4661/1966 Dated 25 April 1966, T63551/2005
      Diagram Number
      T4661/966
      Archive Status
      National monument
      Media
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