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- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa abstract "This is a list of the heritage sites in Albany as recognised by the South African Heritage Resource Agency.".
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- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa wikiPageWikiLinkText "List of heritage sites in Albany, South Africa".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa wikiPageWikiLinkText "listed heritage site".
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- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "1860.0".
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- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "6000.0".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "A solid rectangular box of cast iron painted 'post office' red, bearing the royal crown 7 cypher with a slotted aperture for insertion of postal items, built into the stone facade of the station building just to the right of the main entrance of a type first supplied in 1857 but continuing even into the reign of Edward VlI as this one. This is the second oldest surviving post box in Grahamstown. It is a type,which,as already indicated, also back to 1857,though the earliest such boxes in So Type of site: Post Box, Railway Station. This is the second oldest surviving post box in Grahamstown.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "Central portion three bay double storey under hipped roof. Side wings under double pitch. Roofs corrugated iron. Walls dressed stone. ORIGINALLY ROYAL ENGINEERS BUILDING C1840.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "DOUBLE STOREY, DOUBLE PILE 4 BAY ASYMMETRICAL PLAN. DOUBLE STOREY PART BRICK, PART WOODEN VERANDAH. CORRUGATED IRON ROOF. BRICK PLASTERED WALLS AND STONE PLINTH. ORIGINAL? DOOR AND SMALL PANE SASH WINDOWS. Type of site: House Current use: Domestic - House. This house is a typical example of a British Settler house with the side gables and the double-storey style. The house dates back to the period shortly after the founding of Grahamstown.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "DOUBLE STOREY, DOUBLE PILE 5 BAY SYMMETRICAL PLAN. HIPPED CORRUGATED IRON ROOF. WALLS DRESSED STONE. STOEP. ORIGINAL DOOR AND SMALL PANE SASH WINDOWS. PART OF GROUP. BUILDING C1840. SEE N.M.C. FILES. SEE VAN DER RIET V.9. Type of site: House Current use: Domestic - House.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "DOUBLE STOREY, DOUBLE PILE 5 BAY SYMMETRICAL PLAN. HIPPED CORRUGATED IRON ROOF. WALLS: STONE, PLASTERED. STOEP. ORIGINAL DOOR AND UNEQUAL SMALL PANE SASH WINDOWS. PART OF GROUP. BUILDING C1840. SEE N.M.C. FILES. SEE VAN DER RIET V.9. Type of site: House Current use: Domestic – House.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "DOUBLE STOREY, DOUBLE PILE PLAN WITH SYMMETRICAL WINGS. SLATE ROOF WITH STONE WALLS, PLASTERED FRONT. ORIGINAL DOOR AND SMALL PANE SASH WINDOWS. STOEP IN FRONT. VERY FINE LATE GEORGIAN HOUSE. ON 1863 MAP. BACK VIEW IN VAN DER RIET V111.22. HOUSE BUILT C1840. SEE N.M.C. FILES. Type of site: House Current use: Domestic – House. This house is an outstanding example of an early Nineteenth Century Georgian dwelling in South Africa.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "DOUBLE STOREY, PART DOUBLE PILE 3 BAY SYMMETRICAL PLAN PLUS SINGLE STOREY ADDITIONS WITH PAGODA BOW WINDOWS. WOODEN DOUBLE STOREY VERANDAH. CORRUGATED IRON FLAT ROOFS. WALLS BRICK PLASTERED. ORIGINAL DOORS AND SMALL PANE SASH WINDOWS. Type of site: House Current use: Domestic – House. This house is the only known example in South Africa of the European-Chinese architectural style of the 18th and 19th Centuries. It is a double-storeyed house with two projecting pavilions with bow-fronted ends. The pagoda roofs and hand-rail on the ve".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "DOUBLE STOREY, SINGLE PILE 6 BAY ASYMMETRICAL PLAN PLUS ADDITIONS. DOUBLE STOREY WOODEN VERANDAH. SLATE ROOF AND WALLS BRICK PLASTERED. LARGE PANE SASH WINDOWS AND FRENCH DOORS UPSTAIRS. ON STREET. VERY IMPORTANT BUILDING. ON 1863 MAP. ORIGINALLY C1840. MODERNISED C1880. SEE P.70 IN GRAHAMSTOWN FROM COTTAGE TO VILLA BY R & B REYNOLDS. Type of site: House Current use: Domestic – House.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "DOUBLE STOREY, SINGLE PILE L-PLAN. 3 BAY SYMMETRICAL FACADE. SLATE ROOF AND WALLS BRICK PLASTERED. ORIGINAL DOOR AND SMALL PANE SASH WINDOWS. PART OF GROUP. These Settler cottages were erected by artisans during the eighteen-twenties on land granted to them by the Government on the understanding that a house of burnt brick or stone be erected within 18 months. Most of the properties were, however, only transf Type of site: House Current use: Domestic – House.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "DOUBLE STOREY, SINGLE PILE L-SHAPED 3 BAY SYMMETRICAL FACADE. CORRUGATED IRON ROOF. WALLS BRICK PLASTERED AND STONE STOEP. ORIGINAL DOOR AND SMALL PANE SASH WINDOWS. ON STREET. PART OF GROUP. These Settler cottages were erected by artisans during the eighteen-twenties on land granted to them by the Government on the understanding that a house of burnt brick or stone be erected within 18 months. Most of the properties were, however, only transf Type of site: House Current use: Domestic – House.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "DOUBLE STOREY, SINGLE PILE, 3 BAY SYMMETRICAL PLAN PLUS ADDITION. SLATE ROOF AND WALLS BRICK PLASTERED. STOEP. ORIGINAL DOOR AND SMALL PANE SASH WINDOWS. This settler cottage was erected by the artisan John Oats during the eighteen-twenties on land granted to him by the Government. The cottage forms part of a unique historical and architectural complex which is closely associated with the British Settlers Type of site: House Current use: Domestic – House. This settler cottage was erected by the artisan John Oats during the eighteen-twenties on land granted to him by the Government.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "DOUBLE STOREY. FIVE BAY DOUBLE PILE PLAN. CORRUGATED IRON FLAT ROOF. BRICKWORK PLASTERED. PARAPET AND CORNICE. ASHLAR TO FRONT FACADE. SMALL PANE SASH WINDOWS. ON 1863 MAP. BUILDING C1850? SEE VAN DER RIET V111-22 AND 23. Type of site: Commercial / Residential Current use: Commercial – Shops.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "Double pile plan shop built with main facade on splay. Corrugated iron flat roof. Walls brick plastered with parapet and cornice. Small pane sash windows and shop windows. On street. These Settler cottages were erected by artisans during the eighteen-twenties on land granted to them by the Government on the understanding that a house of burnt brick or stone be erected within 18 months. Most of the properties were, however, only transf Type of site: House Current use: Commercial – Shop.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "Double storey warehouse. Pyramidal roof. Corrugated iron roof. Dressed stone front facade. Other walls plastered. Arched heads to first floor windows. Flat arch below – Four bay plus simple cornice. Type of site: Commercial Current use: Warehouse – Offices. A fine building with front facade of Bathurst sandstone.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "Double storey. Double pile plan. Symmetrical corrugated iron roof. Plastered brickwork and stone plinth. Steps. Small pane sash windows. On 1863 map. Building dates from the 1820s. See van der Riet X-12. One of the oldest homes in Grahamstown. Type of site: House Current use: Domestic – House. No 38 Somerset Street is one of the oldest dwellings in Grahamstown, and has been used as the offices of the former Lieutenant Sir Andries Stockenstrom. It retains its historical character and standing as it does at the corner of two important streets.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "Double-storeyed shop with dressed stone front dating froth 1880's. New facade given height by raised pediment, heavy but elegant cornice and elongated upper windows with arched top sash. A verandah of corrugated iron in accordance with the neighbouring building. These late nineteenth century shops, with their Neo Renaissance façades, form an integral part of the architectural character of High Street, and are an important element in the historical city centre of Grahamstown. Type of site: Commercial Current use: Commercial – Shops. Late Victorian/Edwardian double storey shop, forming part of important grouping.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "Fine stone tower with concrete dressings. Important city landmark. Facade also in stone. Overall style is early renaissance although there are Gothic touches in the buttresses to the tower. A unique building. DESIGNED NY SIDNEY STENT. THE FOUNDATION STONE WAS LAID IN 1877 AND THE BUILDING OPENED IN 1882. THE BUILDER WAS J.W. ABBOT. SEE VAN DER RIET V1-3. SEE P.1 IN PILOT STUDY. Type of site: City Hall Current use: Public Building – City Hall.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "Fort Selwyn stands on Gunfire Hill behind Rhodes University, on land that once belonged to the drostdy. When Sir Benjamin D’Urban had the drostdy site converted into fortified barracks in 1835, it was a part of this defence plan to build forts on the hill to the south of Grahamstown to protect the barracks. The Selwyn Battery, also known as Fort Selwyn, was Type of site: Fort. An important fort which played a pivotal role in the defence of the Eastern Frontier.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "Fraser's Camp Tower was the next signal tower after Governor's Kop. It stands on the farm Tower Hill to the south of the national road and about 11 km west of the Fish River. In 1835, long before the signal tower was built, Lieutenant-Governor Andries Sto Type of site: Signal Tower Previous use: Signal Tower. Current use: Vacant. Outstanding historical significance. One of only two surviving towers.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "In Neo-Classical style. Corrugated iron roof. Walls brick plastered. Parapet front and projecting temple porch. Built 1840–42 Type of site: Church Current use: Religious – Church.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "In Neo-Classical style. Corrugated iron roof. Walls brick plastered. Parapeted front. Built 1859 Type of site: Church Hall Current use: Church Hall.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "In neo-classical style. Corrugated iron roof. Walls brick plastered. Double storey, 3 bay, asymmetrical plan and small porch. Built C1840 Type of site: House Current use: House.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "Inside the University grounds, i.e. the former Drostdy grounds, there is another old building which recalls the tempestuous years of 1835 to 1842 when the Governor of the Cape Colony decided to use the Drostdy and the surrounding area in the defence.Type of site: Military. Cape Parliament sat in this building in 1864. Earlier a military hospital from the 1830s.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "Internally, Hilton has a splendid oval entrance hall in the best classical manner, with wall-niches decorative sculpture and vases. The rooms are high and spacious, with fine fireplaces and the staircase is one of the most gracious surviving in the countr This magnificent double-storeyed bow-fronted Georgian house was erected in 1834 by Richard Gush for the owner Mr A.G. Cumming. Hilton, originally known as Roodedraai, was owned by a butch farmer Philip Schutte, later by Landdrost Rivers. George Cumming b Type of site: House . This magnificent bow-fronted Georgian double-storeyed house was erected in 1834 by Richard Gush for the owner A G Cumming. The bow-fronted design is unique and a few of its kind have remained unaltered.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "It is situated in the grounds of the former drostdy, near the Albany Museum and Botanical Gardens. The cells were arranged in a semicircle. This tower contained quarters for the Provost and a guard-house overlooking the cells, the courtyard and the entra The Provost Building was one of the buildings that formed part of Sir Benjamin D’Urban's 1835 defence plan, coupled with the fortification of the drostdy and Fort Selwyn. It was very efficiently planned and was built by the Royal Engineers on instructions.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "Mid Victorian palazzo facade. Simple parapet to cornice. Hood moulds to first floor windows. Later shopfronts and verandah of C1950. These two buildings form an integral part of a unique row of semi-detached double-storeyed shops whose façades feature a combination of Free Renaissance, neo-Classical and Georgian styles, blending to form a harmonious architectural feature in High Street Type of site: Commercial Current use: Commercial – Shops. Late Victorian/Edwardian double storey shop, forming part of important grouping.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "Originally double storey palazzo design with cornice and parapet. Round headed sash windows and round headed openings tp ground floor. Later shopfronts. These two buildings form an integral part of a unique row of semi-detached double-storeyed shops whose façades feature a combination of Free Renaissance, neo-Classical and Georgian styles, blending to form a harmonious architectural feature in High Street Type of site: Commercial Current use: Commercial - Shops. Late Victorian/Edwardian double storey shop, forming part of important grouping.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "SIMPLE BOX LIKE CHURCH. FIVE BAYS LONG. CORRUGATED IRON ROOF WITH BRICKWORK PLASTERED. FRONT FORM LATE C19. SIMPLE MOULDINGS. Type of site: Church Current use: Church.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "SINGLE STOREY, DOUBLE PILE 3 BAY SYMMETRICAL PLAN AND ADDITION TO LEFT-HAND SIDE. FLAT CORRUGATED IRON ROOF. WALLS BRICK PLASTERED AND PARAPET. SMALL PANE SASH WINDOWS – PART OF GROUP. ON 1863 MAP. THIS BUILDING C1830. Type of site: House Current use: Domestic – Cottage. An integral part of an important group of settler buildings.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "SINGLE STOREY, DOUBLE PILE 3 BAY SYMMETRICAL PLAN. CORRUGATED IRON FLAT ROOF. WALLS BRICK PLASTERED – PARAPET AND CORNICE. STOEP OF STONE. ORIGINAL DOOR AND SMALL PANE SASH WINDOWS. ON STREET AND PART OF GROUP. These Settler cottages were erected by artisans during the eighteen-twenties on land granted to them by the Government on the understanding that a house of burnt brick or stone be erected within 18 months. Most of the properties were, however, only transf Type of site: House Current use: Domestic – Cottage.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "SINGLE STOREY, DOUBLE PILE 3 BAY SYMMETRICAL PLAN. SLATE ROOF AND WALLS BRICK PLASTERED. SMALL PANE SASH WINDOWS. PART OF GROUP. Type of site: House Current use: Domestic – Cottage. An integral part of an important group of settler buildings.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "SINGLE STOREY, DOUBLE PILE 3 BAY SYMMETRICAL PLAN. SLATE ROOF. WALLS BRICK PLASTERED. SMALL PANE SASH WINDOWS. PART OF GROUP. ON 1863 MAP. THIS BUILDING C1830. Type of site: House Current use: Domestic – Cottage. An integral part of an important group of settler buildings.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "SINGLE STOREY, DOUBLE PILE 5 BAY ASYMMETRICAL PLAN. CORRUGATED IRON ROOF AND WALLS BRICK PLASTERED. ORIGINAL DOOR AND LARGE PANE SASH WINDOWS. ON STREET. ON 1863 MAP – SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FORM. BUILDING C1830. Type of site: House Current use: Domestic – Cottage.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "SINGLE STOREY, DOUBLE PILE L-SHAPED 3 BAY SYMMETRICAL PLAN. SLATE ROOF AND WALLS BRICK PLASTERED. STONE STOEP. ORIGINAL DOOR AND SMALL PANE SASH WINDOWS. ON STREET. PART OF GROUP. These Settler cottages were erected by artisans during the eighteen-twenties on land granted to them by the Government on the understanding that a house of burnt brick or stone be erected within 18 months. Most of the properties were, however, only transf Type of site: House Current use: Domestic – Cottage.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "SINGLE STOREY, DOUBLE PILE PLAN. 3 BAY SYMMETRICAL CORE PLUS ADDITION TO RIGHTHAND SIDE. SLATE HIPPED ROOF AND FLAT ROOF TO ADDITIONS. WALLS BRICK PLASTERED. SIGNIFICANT PLASTER DECORATIVE DETAILS. BAY WINDOW PLUS ORIGINAL DOOR AND FRENCH DOORS WITH ON 1863 MAP. THIS BUILDING C1855. SEE N.M.C. FILES. Type of site: House.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "SINGLE STOREY, DOUBLE PILE PLAN. 4 BAY ASYMMETRICAL FACADE. SLATE ROOF AND WALLS BRICK PLASTERED. SMALL PANE SASH WINDOWS. PART OF GROUP. ON 1863 MAP. THIS HOUSE C1830. Type of site: House Current use: Domestic – Cottage. An integral part of an important group of settler buildings.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "SINGLE STOREY, SINGLE PILE L-SHAPED 4 BAY ASYMMETRICAL PLAN. THATCHED ROOF AND WALLS BRICK PLASTERED. ORIGINAL DOOR AND SMALL PANE SASH WINDOWS. SET BACK FROM STREET. NOT ON 1863 MAP. THIS BUILDING C1870. SEE R & B REYNOLDS GRAHAMSTOWN FROM COTTAGE TO VILLA P.44 Type of site: House Current use: Domestic – Cottage. These Settler cottages were erected by artisans during the eighteen-twenties on land granted to them by the Government on the understanding that a house of burnt brick or stone be erected within 18 months. Most of the properties were, however, only transferred.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "Simple cornice with five bay facade below. Broken hoods to windows plus belt courses. Ground floor altered and later cast iron verandah. These late nineteenth century shops, with their Neo Renaissance façades, form an integral part of the architectural character of High Street, and are an important element in the historical city centre of Grahamstown. Type of site: Commercial Current use: Commercial – Shops. Late Victorian/Edwardian double storey shop, forming part of important grouping.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "Single storey - two units each three bay symmetrical single pile plan plus wing. Front stoep. Slate roof. Front stone walls and side brick plastered hood moulds to windows. Steel windows. Original front doors. On street. BUILT SAME TIME AS SCHOOL ROOM? Type of site: House Current use: Domestic – House.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "Single storey building. Main hall set between stoepkamers. Arched fenestration. Simple pediments and cornice. Brickwork/stonework plastered. Fore court and entrance walls. Originally zinc roofs. Type of site: Church. Erected in 1838 for use as a schoolhouse. Enlarged in 1843. Named after John Henry Sole who devoted most of his life to the advancement of the 'coloured' community of Grahamstown.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "Single storey complex plan. Front, three rooms and wrap round verandah. L-shape wing to rear. Hipped corrugated iron roof and walls brick plastered. Sash windows and french doors. Wooden posts to verandah. The house was built in 1823 for Col. Henry Somerset, son of Lord Charles Somerset. It is an important example of 19th century Georgian architecture. Type of site: House Current use: Domestic – House. The house was built in 1823 for Col. Henry Somerset, son of Lord Charles Somerset.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "Single storey single space classroom. Symmetrical. Corrugated iron roof. Dressed stone walls. Hood moulds to wooden casement windows. BUILT 1863? NOT ON 1863 MAP. Type of site: School Current use: Institutional – School. Erected in 1866 as a boys' school.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "Single storey – single pile plan. Corrugated iron roof. Rough plaster to walls. Sash windows with raised margins. Thich walls to back and side. Like most of the cities and towns of South Africa, Grahamstown grew from modest beginnings. A simple, elongated building in High Street, not far from the Drostdy gateway was one of the first buildings to arise in the town, if indeed it was not the first. Type of site: Gaol Current use: Old Gaol. The erection of the old gaol was commenced in 1813, shortly after the founding of Grahamstown . In 1814 one of the walls of the gaol served as a line for the surveying of the main street, and thus also as the basis for the layout of the whole town.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "Single storey. Single room with additions. Corrugated iron roof and stone work painted. Verandah rebuilt with curved sheeting. BUILT C1861 – ON 1863 MAP. PART OF ANGLO-AFRICAN COMPLEX. ORIGINALLY A SCHOOLROOM, THEN HOUSE, NOW A MUSEUM. Type of site: Educational Previous use: Schoolroom. Current use: Museum. Erected in 1861 to serve as the first classroom for St. Andrews College. It continued as such until 1872, after which it was used successivley as a Masonic Lodge, business premises and as a dwelling house.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "Splendid Neo-Baroque facade. Steeply pitched pediment plus corner turret. Heavy modulated cornice and frieze. Coupled columns and ranges of windows. Original shop front missing. DESTROYED IN FIRE OF 1906. REBUILT IN 1907 TO DESIGN OF H WALKER – PORT ELIZABETH. SEE C5 IN PILOT STUDY. Type of site: Commercial Current use: Commercial – Shops. Late Victorian/Edwardian double storey shop, forming part of important grouping.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "Surrounding walls and gates plus memorials and gravestones. FIRST CEMETERIES. IN USE FOR ALL OF C19. Type of site: Cemetery Current use: Religious – Cemeteries.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "Surveyor Knobel's layout of Grahamstown was focussed on a main street that ran from the triangular military camp in a westerly direction up the hill. He foresaw that the military area offered a most suitable site for a church or other public building, whi Type of site: Gateway.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "The Divisional Council Building is a three-storeyed building built in two sections. Each section has its own hipped roof; the floors are served by two staircases, one in front and one of steeper gradient and narrower at the back. Large yellow wood beams This building is an excellent example of an early three-storeyed building built in two sections to a symmetrical plan. The first section dates from 1860–62 and the latter section from the late 1860s. The facade of this building is of outstanding archite Current use: Offices. This building is an excellent example of an early three-storeyed building built in two sections to a symmetrical plan. The first section dates from 1860–62 and the latter section from the late 1860s. The facade of this building is of outstanding archite".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "The Farmerfield Estate on which the Methodist church is situated, was established by the Rev. William Shaw to provide for three separate displaced communities speaking Xhosa , Dutch , and Tswana".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "The building consists of a double storeyed structure with a very flamboyant gabled front, interesting eclectic arches, mock balconies, tall sash windows, entablatures, broken cornice and mouldings and perforate gable. This high Victorian Flemish revival The gable of this impressive building, with its Victorian and Flemish features, bears the dates 1869 to 1906. The present façade was added in 1906 after the devastating fire. This rebuilding was designed by the architect, H Walker. The building forms an i Type of site: Commercial Current use: Commercial – Shops. The gable of this impressive building, with its Victorian and Flemish features, bears the dates 1869 to 1906. The present facade was added in 1906 after the devastating fire. The building forms an integral part of the architectural character of High Street.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "The little 1820 Settler village of Salem is situated barely 24 kilometres south of Grahamstown on the road to Alexandria. This church complex, consisting of the 1832 re-erected church, the 1850 neo-Gothic church and the early nineteenth century ring-wall, is closely associated with the 1820 Settlers, as well as the start of Methodism in South Africa. The corner-stones of the Type of site: Church. This church complex, consisting of the 1832 re-erected church, the 1850 neo-Gothic church and the early nineteenth century ring-wall, is closely associated with the 1820 Settlers, as well as the start of Methodism in South Africa.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "The organ measures 3 metres high, 2 metres wide and one metre from front to back. It has a single manual of 58 notes, twelve pedals, eight registers and one swell pedal lever. The blowing is done by hand, the blowing lever projecting some distance before This Organ was made by William Hill, London, between 1832 and 1837. It was imported by Major Henry Somerset as a present for his wife. She gave it to the Chapel in Fort England, from where it was transferred to the Methodist Church, Grahamstown. This organ was made by William Hill, London, between 1832 and 1837. It was imported by Major Henry Somerset as a present to his wife. She gave it to the chapel in Fort England, from where it was transferred to the Methodist Church, Grahamstown in 1914.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "The remainder of Erf 193, Riebeeck East, situated in the Municipality of Riebeeck East, Administrative District of Albany. Forty kilometres north-west of Grahamstown, bordering on the village of Riebeek East, lies Mooimeisiesfontein, the well-known farm of Piet Retief. It was in Retief's possession from 1814 to 1836. There he built himself a large house with yellow-wood ceili It is located in close proximity to alicedale currently under promotion by Adrian Gardner of Shamware as a tourist attraction, and nearby Grahamstown. This farmhouse was partially built by Piet Refief. He owned the property from 1814 to 1836.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "The road northwards to Fort Beaufort, Balfour and the Katberg follows the line of Andrew Geddes Bain's Queens Road to Kaffirland. Fort Brown is reached just before the road crosses the Fish River some 27 km from Grahamstown. This place was originally called Hermanus Kraal after a Hottentot freebooter, Hermanus Xogomesh. It had already acquired this name by 1804 when Commissioner de Mist visited the eastern frontier. Lord Charles Somerset established one of his military posts Type of site: Fort Previous use: Fort. Current use: Vacant. Important Eastern Forntier fortification.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "The signal towers were 9 metres high, well fortified and each had two rooms, one above the other, to house the men. Each tower was equipped with signalling apparatus or semaphore of a type which was already in use in France and England. Some of these towe at regular intervals on the hills east of Graham there is a line of interesting structures, some of them visible from the national road, that attracts the traveller's attention. These are the signal towers erected in 1843–44. It stands to reason that, apa Type of site: Signal Tower Previous use: Signal Tower. Current use: Vacant. Outstanding historical significance. One of only two surviving towers.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "These Settler cottages were erected by artisans during the eighteen-twenties on land granted to them by the Government on the understanding that a house of burnt brick or stone be erected within 18 months. Most of the properties were, however, only transf Type of site: House".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "These Settler cottages were erected by artisans during the eighteen-twenties on land granted to them by the Government on the understanding that a house of burnt brick or stone be erected within 18 months. Most of the properties were, however, only transferred. These Settler cottages were erected by artisans during the eighteen-twenties on land granted to them by the Government on the understanding that a house of burnt brick or stone be erected within 18 months.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "This church complex, consisting of the 1832 re-erected church, the 1850 neo-Gothic church and the early nineteenth century ring-wall, is closely associated with the 1820 Settlers, as well as the start of Methodism in South Africa. The corner-stones of the Type of site: Church. This church complex, consisting of the 1832 church, the 1850 neo-Gothic church and the early nineteenth century ring-wall, is closely associated with the 1820 Settlers, as well as the start of Methodism in South Africa.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "This church complex, consisting of the 1832 re-erected church, the 1850 neo-Gothic church and the early nineteenth century ring-wall, is closely associated with the 1820 Settlers, as well as the start of Methodism in South Africa.The corner-stones of thes Type of site: Church. This church complex, consisting of the 1832 re-erected church, the 1850 neo-Gothic church and the early nineteenth century ring-wall, is closely associated with the 1820 Settlers, as well as the start of Methodism in South Africa.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "This corbelled hut is an excellent example of the ingenuity of the early pioneers in building a house with the only material at their disposal and is therefore an important link in the development of vernacular architecture in South Africa. Type of site: Kiln Current use: Vacant. This corbelled hut is an excellent example of the ingenuity of the early pioneers in building a house with the only material at their disposal and is therefore an important link in the development of vernacular architecture in South Africa.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "This is a fine late Victorian shop front of two floors with a domed corner tower jutting out and overhanging curved verandah roof. Free Renaissance facade treatment with fenestration of paired arches. Dates from 1872. Six bays to high street and two to B These late nineteenth century shops, with their Neo Renaissance façades, form an integral part of the architectural character of High Street, and are an important element in the historical city centre of Grahamstown. Type of site: Commercial Current use: Commercial - Shops. Late Victorian/Edwardian double storey shop, forming part of important grouping. This is a fine late Victorian shop front of two floors with a domed corner tower jutting out and overhanging curved verandah roof. Free Renaissance facade treatment with fene".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "This pillar box, as situated above, belongs to one of the earliest documented British made post boxes, the fluted type supplied in 1857. This was one of 19 distinct types of pillar boxes supplied to the British post office in the period, 1852 to 1859. Type of site: Post Box, Railway Station. This pillar box, belongs to one of the earliest documented British made post boxes, the fluted type supplied in 1857.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "Three bay nave and chancel. No side aisles. Side entry porch and small belfry. Slate roof. Walls dressed stone, brick dressings. Wooden windows. School house/parish hall of similar materials. BUILT 1861. Type of site: Church Current use: Religious - Church.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "Trompetter's Drift Tower stands on the bank of the Fish River some 11 km east of the Fraser's Camp. It was not one of the series of signal towers and has its own interesting history. Trompetter's Drift, about 27 kilometres up from the mouth of the Fish Ri Type of site: Military Current use: Farm buildings. Trumpetter's Drift is the most intact of the large forts built on the Eastern Frontier during the 19th century.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "Type of site: Chapel.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "Type of site: Church Complex.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "Type of site: Church. One of the earliest country Anglican churches in the Albany District. Displays architectural merit.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "Type of site: Church.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "Type of site: Corbelled House Current use: Vacant. The origins of these structures are uncertain.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "Type of site: House. Built in 1832 by Richard Gush.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "Type of site: House. Double storeyed Georgian style house. Built in the 1830s.".
- List_of_heritage_sites_in_Albany,_South_Africa description "Type of site: House. Early military building comprising part of the Grahamstown Drostdy complex.".