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Date: 1720 : 1746 Type: Homestead Status: Extant Street: Liesbeek Avenue   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°56'31.96" S 18°28'49.03" E Alt: 10m

Also referred to as Valkenberg. Property Description The property includes the Valkenburg Homestead and outbuildings which have been converted to serve as a hotel and restaurant. Significance Built on land granted in 1661, the Valkenburg Homestead is one of the only original homesteads still standing on the Liesbeeck River. It was named after Cornelius Valck who became the owner in 1720. The north wing, with its curvilinear parapet, was added to the original U-shaped house by Cornelius de Waal, who bought the property in 1746. The western section, with its neo-Classical gable, was rebuilt by Cornelius Mostert c.1815. The farm was subsequently divided and in 1881 the house and out-buildings became part of the Valkenberg Hospital. The Manor House became the property of the National Monuments Council in 1985. Legal Status Declared a National Monument by Government Notice No. 1249, as published in Government Gazette 10296, dated 27 June 1986. Current Grading – Grade 11(PHS) (SAHRA, THE PROPERTIES OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN HERITAGE RESOURCES AGENCY pp 3) 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 84 ill, 93 Simons, Phillida Brooke . 1987. Kaaps-Hollandse Huise . Cape Town: Struik. pg 35-36