View from north east
Photographer: Roger Fisher - 2021




Old Drosdy Swellendam
Photographer: Nicholas Clarke




View through gates
Photographer: Roger Fisher - 2021




Dedication plaque on gates
Photographer: Roger Fisher - 2021




View up pathway
Photographer: Roger Fisher - 2021




Flight of stairs off Drostdy Street to west
Photographer: Roger Fisher (2022)




Main access stair off Drostdy Street to west - Detail
Photographer: Roger Fisher (2022)




Western elevation of grape press room (now toilets)
Photographer: Roger Fisher (2022)




Decorative pilasters of grape-press room - Details
Photographer: Roger Fisher (2022)




Decorative pilaster with bas-relief stucco plaster vine leaf and grape motif on grape press room - Detail
Photographer: Roger Fisher (2022)




Roof detail from north-east showing location of chimneys and wing configuration
Photographer: Roger Fisher (2022)




Detail of chimneys
Photographer: Roger Fisher (2022)




Slave Lodge and Shed from north-east
Photographer: Roger Fisher (2022)




Implements shed and wagon house from south-east
Photographer: Roger Fisher (2022)




Drostdy from north-east of outbuildings terrace
Photographer: Roger Fisher (2022)




Oblique view across garden from north-east with canon and flagpole in foreground
Photographer: Roger Fisher (2022)




Oblique view across garden from north-east with canon and flagpole in foreground
Photographer: Roger Fisher (2022)




Reinstatement of flagstone pathway after installation of main water pipeline
Photographer: Roger Fisher (2022)




Reinstatement of flagstone pathway after installation of main water pipeline - work in progress
Photographer: Roger Fisher (2022)




Reconstructed floor plan - 1776-1812
Drostdy Museum Complex Archives

Photographer: Roger Fisher (2022)




1c Coil Stamp - 1982 07 15 from Fourth Definitive Series First Day Cover

Caption with stamp:
1c Drostdy, Swellendam This residency, now a museum, was erected during 1746/47. Drawing by AH Barrett

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THE OLD DROSTDY, SWELLENDAM
DIE OU DROSDY, SWELLENDAM

Drawing by Timlin

[TIMLIN, William M 1927: pl 11]

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THE DROSTDY: National Monument and Museum
Purchased: 1982
Submitted by Dorothy Adendorff

Photographer: Protea Colour Prints, Cape Town




The original frontage of the Drostdy
Purchased: 1982
Submitted by Dorothy Adendorff

Photographer: Ethel Rosenstrauch




Drawing 89 of 365 by Shaun Gaylard

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Reconstructed floor plan - 1776-1812
Drostdy Museum Complex Archives

Photographer: Roger Fisher (2022)




Reconstructed floor plan - 1826-1900
Drostdy Museum Complex Archives

Photographer: Roger Fisher (2022)




Reconstructed floor plan - 1984
Drostdy Museum Complex Archives

Photographer: Roger Fisher (2022)