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| | Corbelled House, Schuinshoogte Williston district, Northern Cape |  |
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Date: | c1850 | Type: | Homestead | |
Style: | Corbel Houses | Status: | Extant |
| | Transcript from National Monuments Council board:
KORBEELHUIS, SCHUINSHOOGTE
HIERDIE KLIPRONDAWEL IS 'N KENMERKENDE VOORBEELD VAN
DIE SOORT WONING WAT DIE EERSTE BLANKE BOERE IN HIERDIE
GEWESTE OPGERIG HET. BY DIE GEBREK AAN GESKIKTE BOU-
MATERIAAL EN GEREEDSKAP VIR KONVENSIONELE HUISE IS
BESKIKBARE KLIP GEBRUIK EN HET 'N INTERESSANTE
VOLKSARGITEKTUUR ONTSTAAN.
Raad vir Nasionale Gedenkwaardighede
CORBELLED HOUSE, SCHUINSHOOGTE
THIS CORBELLED HOUSE IS A DISTINCTIVE EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE
OF DWELLING WHICH THE FIRST WHITE FARMERS ERECTED
IN THIS AREA IN THE ABSENCE OF SUITABLE BUILDING
MATERIAL AND IMPLEMENTS FOR THE ERECTION OF CONVENTIONAL
HOUSES, AVAILABLE STONE WAS USED. THUS AN INTERESTING
VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE ORIGINATED.
National Monuments Council
1980
Provincial Heritage Site These notes were last edited on 2022 03 10
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