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Cypress Cottage Swellendam, Western Cape

Date: 1815 Type: Homestead Status: Extant Street: 3 Voortrek Street

Cypress Cottage. This house stands back from the road. It is rectangular and two rooms deep, now under iron roof. The outer woodwork is transitional, c1815, in that the half-width sashes beside the door are flush and small-paned, the others of the early Georgian type. There is a half-height, triangular front-gable, and a later bull-nosed veranda. [Fransen p459.] 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. References: Swellendam Heritage Association. 2018. Treasures of Swellendam. Swellendam: Swellendam Heritage Association. pg 26