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Click to view map Coordinates: | This house stands on land granted to Rev. H von Manger in 1802. Some years after leaving Swellendam, he sold it to the DR Church, which split up the ground and sold it off in portions. The erf on the corner of Berg St was bought in 1860 by the trustees for the minor children of Jan Gysbert Steyn of the Drostdy. The house is double-storeyed and five bays long. Most rooms run right through to the back of the house. The very fine facade, ashlared and with long-and-short work on the corners, dates from 1853 but during restoration, a few years ago, clear marks were found on the end-walls of a single-storeyed older building with a pitched roof, and wallpaper found behind the flight of stairs shows it had been a dwelling. The house has a flat roof and a flat-roofed extension with matching windows, but single-storeyed, on its left side. It now houses the offices of the Drostdy Museum. Books and articles that reference Swellengrebel Street, No 18 now Drostdy Museum Administrative Offices and Workshops
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