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Click to view map Coordinates: | Proclaimed a National Monument in 1954, now devolved to a Provincial Heritage Resource. In its past the Gaoler, who was housed here adjacent the Old Gaol, also served as the local post master, as attested to by a slot in the yellow-wood entrance door. (Oberholster, 1972:115) In 1855 it became part of the Municipal properties. In this time it served as a maternity clinic. In 1967 it became the property of the Drostdy Museum Trust as in this time served variously as accommodation, storage and offices. In the most recent past it was the Tourism and Information Office for Swellendam. It is now a retail shop for a tenant. (Dumbrell, 2019) It is thatched, with fully hipped ends, and has a rectangular, contracted-H-plan. Some internal walls have been removed, but otherwise little alteration has taken place. It was probably built in 1828. It has fine beams, with Victorian edge-moulding, and a yellowwood ceiling of broad planks. (Fransen p456) In 2021 the building was re-thatched and received a concrete ridge capping. Books and articles that reference Gaoler's Cottage / Sipierhuis [Warden's House] / Old Post Office
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