| Date: | c1820 | Type: | Parsonage | |
| Status: | Extant |
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32°42'45.51" S 25°35'05.97" E | | This was the second house built on the government farm. From 1825 to 1829 it was a Wesleyan Chapel, of which the NG Church took ownership in 1833. When the congregation moved to a larger church it formed the core of the future NG Pastorie with the addition of a double storey. It belonged to the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk and was used as the pastorie (parsonage) until 1944. In 1971 it was sold into the private ownership of Mr Kenneth BIRCH who then sold it in 1972 to the Cape Provincial Administration as a museum, himself donating half the purchase price. The museum opened in 1975 (Fransen 1978:89).
Transcription of the National Monuments Council bronze plaque mounted on the facade.
OU PASTORIE
DIE VOORSTE GEDEELTE VAN DIE GRONDVERDIEPING VAN HIERDIE
GEBOU IS AS WESLEYAANSE METODISTE-KAPEL OPGERIG EN IS
OP 25 MEI 1828 INGEWY. IN 1833 IS DIT DEUR DIE NED. GEREF.
KERK VERKRY EN IN 'N PASTORIE OMGESKEP DEUR DIE
TOEVOEGING VAN 'N TWEEDE VERDIEPING EN TWEE VLEUELS.
VAN 1835 AF TOT 1940 IS DIT AGTEREENVOLGENS DEUR DOMINEES
GEORGE MORGAN, JOHN PEARS, JAN HENDRIK HOFMEYR EN JOHN
MURRAY HOFMEYR BEWOON. DAARNA HET DIT IN PRIVATE BESIT
GEKOM. IN 1972 IS DIT DEUR MNR. K. S. BIRCH EN DIE PROVINSIALE
ADMINISTRASIE VIR MUSEUM-DOELEINDES BESKIKBAAR GESTEL.
Raad vir Nasionale Gedenkwaardighede
OLD PARSONAGE
THE FRONT PART OF THE GROUND FLOOR OF THIS BUILDING WAS
ERECTED AS A WESLEYAN - METHODIST CHAPEL WHICH WAS DEDICATED
ON 25 MAY 1828. IT WAS ACQUIRED BY THE DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH
IN 1833 AND CONVERTED INTO A PARSONAGE WITH TWO FLOORS AND
ADDED WINGS. IT WAS OCCUPIED SUCCESSIVELY FROM 1835 BY THE
MINISTERS GEORGE MORGAN, JOHN PEARS, JAN HENDRIK HOFMEYR
AND JOHN MURRAY HOFMEYR UNTIL 1940 WHEN IT BECAME PRIVATE
PROPERTY. IN 1972 MR. K. S. BIRCH AND THE PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATION
MADE THE PROPERTY AVAILABLE FOR MUSEUM PURPOSES.
National Monuments Council
1975
Submitted by William MARTINSON All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon.
Books that reference Museum : Drostdy : NG Pastorie | Fransen, Hans. 1978. Guide to the Museums of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Galvin & Sales (Pty) Ltd, for the Southern African Museums Association. pg 88-89 | | Gaylard, Shaun & McDougall, Brett . 2022. RSA 365 : 365 Drawings of South African Architecture. Johannesburg: Blank Ink Design. pg 41 ill | | Lewcock, Ronald. 1963. Early Nineteenth Century Architecture in South Africa : a study of the interaction of two cultures, 1795-1837. Cape Town: AA Balkema. pg 46, 73, 100-101, 223, 226-227, 231, 409-410 | | Richardson, Deirdré. 2001. Historic Sites of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. pg 42 |
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