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Date: c1834 Type: Homestead Status: Extant   Click to view large map Coordinates: 32°20'47.44" S 22°35'01.60" E Alt: 854m

The house was built by Jacobus Johannes Meintjies, resident magistrate from 1834 to 1857. He also used the house as a second Drostdy. 2015: Used now as a Bed and Breakfast References: 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 550 Richardson, Deirdré. 2001. Historic Sites of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. pg 68