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Coachmans Cottage - Lankhoff Cottage
Stellenbosch, Western Cape

Date:c1791
Type:Cottage
Style:Cape Dutch
Status:Adaptive re-use
Street:40 Alexander Street

 


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Coordinates:
33°56'09.50" S 18°51'27.47" E Alt: 109m

"Three-bay thatched cottage with holbol end gables and dormer gable with fixed casement. Stable door with small-pane fanlight flanked by single casements and double casements with solid shutters. Cobbled stoep symmetrical around entrance, with scrolled end walls. One bay added to left with straight end gable."

(Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation, accessed 2026 02 10)

2026: currently being used as offices.


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 185