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CORNER |
V.O.C.
KRUITHUIS (1777) |
| RHENISH
INSTITUTE |
RHENISH
MISSIONARY CHURCH (1823) |
| FICK
HOUSE (BURGHER HOUSE (1797) |
LANKHOFF
COTTAGÉ |
| LAETITIA |
WINELANDS
DISTRICT COUNCIL BUILDING (1935) |
| DROSTDY
CENTRE |
ST
MARY’S "ON THE BRAAK" |
| BERGZICHT |
DE
WET ALLEY |
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RHENISH
CORNER |
36 Market Street |
 After
thirty years this is still the most comprehensive
restoration project ever undertaken in Stellenbosch.
These nineteenth century buildings house inter alia a
Toy and Miniature Museum in the neo-classical
parsonage-of 1815.
Open: Mondays to Sundays 09:30 -17:00. Entrance fee
Behind the parsonage the tall gables of the Leipoldt
House (ca.1830) are excellent examples of the last stage
of early Cape architecture. |
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V.O.C.
KRUITHUIS (POWDER HOUSE)(1777) |
corner of Bloem and Market Streets
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 The
unique form of this sturdy structure, with its fireproof
brick roof (barrel vault) and high enclosing wall,
reflects its function as a repository of arms. Above the
loft window can be seen the graceful "V.O.C. -
Cabo" monogram of the Dutch East India Company,
that would become bankrupt within eighteen years! Now a
military museum. |
| Open: Mondays to Fridays:
09:30 - 13:00. Entrance fee |
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RHENISH
INSTITUTE (PJ. OLIVIER ART CENTRE) |
3 Bloem Street |
| Originally an H-plan gabled
house of 1787, it was converted in 1862 into a
double-storey flat-roof hostel, and subsequently
extended on both sides, to provide accommodation the
children of Rhenish parishioners. Art exhibitions are
held in the front hall and at times also in other rooms. |
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RHENISH
MISSIONARY CHURCH (1823) |
Bloem Street |
| Initially a rectangular hall,
it was erected on a piece of ground earmarked for a
racing clubhouse. The hall served to accommodate the
crowds of "slaves and heathen" who came to
listen to the enthusiastic Amsterdam missionary (and
later Voortrekker parson) Erasmus Smit. After the
founding in Germany of the Rhenish Missionary Society in
1828, the Rev. Paul Daniel Lückhoff assumed his duties
in 1830. The emancipation of slaves in 1838 caused the
congregation to grow to the extent that a northern wing
was added in 1840. A magnificent baroque pulpit from the
Stellenbosch Dutch Reformed Church, carved by Simon
Londt of Cape Town in 1853, was ten years later donated
to this daughter congregation when the "Mother
Church’ was "gothicised". Today both the
building and the pulpit are declared national monuments. |
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FICK HOUSE
(BURGHER HOUSE (1797) |
40 Bloem Street |
 This
is a modest H-plan house with casement windows, and top-
and bottom doors (the oldest Cape pattern). As was the
case with the exterior woodwork, the plaster architrave
was also originally painted green, imitating earlier
wooden prototypes. The front gable is the oldest
neo-classical example in Stellenbosch, and is
characterised by a triangular pediment that rests on a
projecting wall and surrounding winged scrolls. After
the Rev. Ltickhoff had purchased the property in 1839, a
school was accommodated in a former part of the house.
The beautifully furnished interior is on view during
office hours. |
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LANKHOFF
COTTAGÉ (COACHMAN’S COTTAGE)(ca. 1791) |
40 Alexander Street |
 Built
by a German tailor as a "compressed" H-plan
house under a single tall roof. Instead of two end
gables on either side, there is consequently only one
gable; unusually tall, but as charming as that of the
Leipoldt house. |
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LAETITIA |
44 Alexander Street |
 This
renovated house, and also its recently reconstructed
double-storey neighbour, probably has a history similar
to that of Lankhoff Cottagé. The top floors in both
cases date from the late nineteenth century. |
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WINELANDS
DISTRICT COUNCIL BUILDING (1935) |
46 Alexander Street |
| Modern offices in a neo-Cape
style that to some extent overshadow the historical
buildings in its vicinity. |
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DROSTDY CENTRE |
48 Alexander Street |
  This
was initially a T-shaped neo-classical gabled house with
an interesting subsequent history; all signs of which,
apart from a "victory arch" in Bird Street,
have been destroyed. |
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ST MARY’S
"ON THE BRAAK" |
"The Braak"
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 This
was the first neo-gothic building in Stellenbosch,
although the whitewashed walls and thatched roof are
typical of the Cape style. The cruciform ground plan
dates from 1885, while the contemporary stained glass
windows commemorate prominent families belonging to the
Anglican congregation. |
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BERGZICHT |
Bird Street |
 This
was one of the earliest Stellenbosch farms, initially
adjacent to the village, but now incorporated. The
surrounding wall and buildings date from the late
eighteenth century and were recently restored. Facing
the street, a replica of the 1762 front gable of the
Briers house (demolished to make way for the City Hall)
was erected by the City Council as an "act of
contrition." |
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DE WET ALLEY |
Andringa, Plein or Bird Street
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 This
pedestrian alley cuts diagonally across a street block,
which follows the millstream on its way to the third
Stellenbosch mill, built in 1749 on the southern side of
the present Rhenish Church. Flower sellers now add a
touch of colour to this once picturesque neighbourhood
inhabited by craftsmen. |
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