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| D’OUWE
WERF (1802) |
HOFMEYR
HALL (1899) |
| DEVONSHIRE
HOUSE (1851) |
WIJNHUIS |
| VILLAGE
MUSEUM |
SCHREUDERHUIS |
| BLETTERMANHUIS
(1789) |
GROSVENOR
HOUSE (c.1803) |
| BERGH-HUIS |
MOEDERKERK
(1863) |
| MAIDEN’S
HOPE |
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D’OUWE WERF
(1802) |
30 Church Street
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| This is possibly the oldest
extant tavern in South Africa, counting amongst its
distinguished guests the German traveller, naturalist
and author, Dr. M.H.C. Lichstenstein (1803), and the
British Colonial Governor and statesman Sir George Grey
(1860). Until ca. 1890 this L-plan house with its
two-room deep front section had a tall thatched roof and
elegant gables, as well as a flat-roofed loft over the
archway leading to the backyard. Here, beneath the modem
restaurant, are to be seen the remains of the first
permanent Christian church in southern Africa, erected
in 1687 and destroyed by the fire of 1710, after which
much of its building material was used for the second
church. At that time the whole street block consisted
solely of the church, enclosed by a fenced graveyard. |
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HOFMEYR HALL
(1899) |
39 Church Street |
| This purpose-built Y.M.C.A.
hall in Greek Revival style was named after Theology
Professor N.J. Hofmeyr, enthusiastic teacher and youth
counsellor. It now serves as a missionary centre and
contains an exhibition of missionary work. |
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DEVONSHIRE
HOUSE (1851) |
15 Ryneveld Street |
| A restrained early-Victorian
double-storey with a pitched roof of Welsh slate. Note
the elegant round-headed doors and fine woodwork. It was
erected by a descendent of Adriaan van Brakel, builder
of the first drostdy (1687). |
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VILLAGE MUSEUM |
18 Ryneveld Street |
  The
museum encompasses nearly 5000 square metres of the
oldest part of the town. Original houses from different
periods of Stellenbosch’s history have been lovingly
restored and furnished to illustrate the development of
the town. |
| Open: Mondays to Saturdays:
09:30 - 17:00; Sundays: 14:00 - 17:00. Entrance fee |
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SCHREUDERHUIS |
Drosdy Street |
 This
is the oldest restored town house in South Africa, built
by Sebastian Schröder, messenger of the court, and was
depicted shortly after its completion on the oldest
sketch of Stellenbosch (wide panorama, directly behind
the church). Note the lead-glazed windows. |
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BLETTERMANHUIS
(1789) |
Drosdy Street |
 Built
as a retirement house by Magistrate H.L. Bletterman
shortly before retiring in 1795. It was later converted
into public service offices -and was restored-in 1983
and furnished in the "Cape baroque" style from
the second half of the eighteenth century. |
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GROSVENOR HOUSE
(c.1803) |
Drosdy Street |
| This was the first and
presently, only Cape Dutch double-storey in
Stellenbosch, erected by C.L. Neethling. The flat roof,
covered by plaster (corrugated iron roofs only appear
after 1850) is characteristic of this house, as are the
top-and-bottom door, small pane single sliding
sash-windows and exterior shutters. One can also observe
some neo-classical elements in the grooved pilasters and
temple-shaped doorframe, with its Biblical palm tree
(Psalm 92: 13) in the pediment. The restored interior
represents the first decades of the nineteenth century,
when J.W. Herold used to live here. |
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BERGH-HUIS |
Drosdy Street |
 This
was initially an H-plan house, occupied by the deputy
bailiff Olof Marthinus Bergh between 1837 and 1866. The
house was subsequently enlarged and the opening between
the pair of side gables became the entrance-hall. The
ornate interior represents the home of a well-to-do
Stellenboscher of the Victorian era between 1840 and
1880. |
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MOEDERKERK
(DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH)(1863) |
Drosdy Street |
 The
lofty neo-gothic church with its tall spire was the
common creation of the idealistic Minister, the Rev. Jan
Neethling (statue in the church garden), the German
architect Carl Otto Hager, and the English builder James
Jardine. This "Latin cruciform" structure was
preceded by two thatched roof churches on this same
site. The first, built "above the wind" in
1722 after the pioneer church (vide panorama) was burnt
down in 1710, was erected with a Greek cross ground plan
consisting of two wings of equal length and a front
gable. The trapezoidal perimeter wall of 1735 is still
largely intact. In 1814 the church was substantially
enlarged by the four wings and rounding them off with
neo-classical pilaster gables, virtually identical with
the eastern gable of the later Rhenish Church. The
custom of burying the dead inside the church was
terminated in 1807 when the first tiled floor was laid.
Thereafter family burial vaults were constructed against
the graveyard wall. Shortly before the inauguration of
the "Moederkerk" ("Mother Church")
in 1863 all dilapidated family crypts were levelled, and
the remains were transferred to a new graveyard. The
final construction work to the Church was the completion
of the steeple in 1866. |
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MAIDEN’S
HOPE |
47 Church Street |
 This
symmetrical late Victorian double-storey used to be a
popular boarding-house for male students of the Victoria
College. |
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WIJNHUIS |
corner Andringa and Churchstreet |
 This
was originally part of a number of early 19th century
thatched dwellings which was burnt down in the great
fire of 1875. As a result it was much altered and
Victorianised. Its interior loft today serves as a
restaurant and wine tasting centre. One can see part of
one of the original remaining walls at the entrance. |
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