Contact Artefacts please if you have any comments or more information regarding this record.			Corbelled House, Schuinshoogte Williston district, Northern Cape

Date: c1850 Type: Homestead 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 KONVENTIONELE HUISE IS BESKIKBARE KLIP GEBRUIK EN HET 'N INTERESSANTE VOLKSARGITEKTUUR ONTSTAAN. Raad vir Nationale 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 Writings about this entry Fransen, Hans. 2004. The old buildings of the Cape. A survey of extant architecture from before c1910 in the area of Cape Town - Calvinia - Colesberg - Uitenhage. Johannesburg & Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers. pg 539 Richardson, Deidré. 2001. Historic Sites of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. pg 66