H-SHAPED PLAN AT ZORGVLIET

The manor homes houses were typically laid out in an H-shaped or U-shaped plans with the entrance on the main axis of symmetry. View a wide variety of Cape Dutch houses in baroque and neoclassical styles, including how the elevations relate to the plan and surrounding gardens.

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ELABORATE CENTRAL GABLE

The manor home has an exemplorary example of a neoclassical gable, with its short outer pilasters and longer innner pilasters that are capped by urns and scrolls. Teh garlands and stars add further embellishment.

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BLETTERMANSHUIS

The Blettermanhuis is a meseum located in the heart of the historical town of Stellenbosch, which contains numerhouse Cape Dutch style town houses in its main roads.

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NEDERBURG

The home is painted a light yellow colour instead of the usual white, and it looks good contrasted against the deep dark oak windows, doors and shutters.



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WEBERSBURG

Lime from seashells was used for cement as well as painting, which caused the walls to be white. In recent times, a few of the manor homes have been painted a light cream colour. The photo is of the farmhouse at Morgenster.

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HOLBOL GABLE AT BLAAWKLIPPEN

Dated 1789 the house may be regarded as a transition from the Holbol to the Baroque style, with a Holbol gable on the back, and an elaborate baroque gable on the front.

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BUITENVERWACHTING OUTBUILDING

Often there were several cellars and other anxillary structures loosely connected to the manor house. This outbuilding at buitenverwachting is equaly to any farmhouse in the Cape.

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RUST EN VREDE

Located on the northern slopes of Helderberg, is this exquistely referbished Cape Dutch house with a very restrained neoclassical gable that lacks the usual pilasters and pediment.

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MEERLUST

One of the earliest Cape Dutch homes to be built in the Cape Colony, the gable is dated 1776, a decade in which there was a flurry of building activity on the farms.

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BELL TOWERS

The two pillars supporting the central the tower became an architectural element on all of the farms. Today it is considered a symbol of oppression from a bygone era.

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