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HERITAGE STATEMENT CASE NO. 15121702 URGENT PERMIT APPLICATION SECTION 34 OF THE NHRA EMERGENCY SECURITY MEASURES: BOUNDARY METAL MESH & PALISADE FENCING; INSTALLATION OF TRELLIDOORS ERF 8649 KUILS RIVER CORNER BOSMAN / ANNANDALE STREETS FOR FYNBOSLAND CC DECEMBER 2015 View of façade onto Bosman Street (July 2012) Prepared by: A.G. PENTZ Pr. Arch TRP (SA) B.Arch MCPUD (UCT) MUDISA MAPHP Urban Design Services cc PO Box 30595 TOKAI 7966 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 021 7121861 Fax: 021 7128014 CONTENTS Pg. No. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 1.0 Background 1.1 Brief 5 1.2 Application of the NHRA 5 1.3 Methodology 5 1.4 Statement of Independence and Expertise 5 2.0 Description 2.1 Site Locality and context 6 2.2 Historical Context 7 2.3 Statutory and Local Heritage Context 7 2.4 Description of the Heritage Resource 7 3.0 Significance and Grading 3.1 Significance 12 3.2 Statement of Significance 12 3.3 Recommended Grading 12 4.0 Development / design indicators 13 5.0 Proposed Development 13 6.0 Assessment of impacts on heritage resources 16 7.0 Comments from I.A.P.’s 16 8.0 Conclusions and Recommendations 18 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Locality Plan 3 Figure 2: Aerial Photograph of the site 5 Figure 3: Context Plan 6 Figure 4: Historical Context 7 Figure 5: Site Plan showing proposed fencing 13 Figure 6: Site Plan and Typical fencing details 14 Figure 7: Street elevations 15 Figure 8: First Iteration 17 Figure 9: Second Iteration 17 Figure 10: Heritage Consultant’s sketch 18 ANNEXURES Annexure A: Permit Form Annexure B: Resolution-Letter of Authority Annexure C: Deed of Transfer and SG Diagram Annexure D: Comments from I&AP’s Annexure E: Architects Drawings (large format) Heritage Statement: Erf 8649 Corner Annandale and Bosman Streets Kuils River. Urban Design Services cc. December 2015 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. SITE NAME THE HOMESTEAD, ALSO KNOWN AS “LEEUWENHOF”. 2. LOCATION ERF 8649 KUILS RIVER, CORNER BOSMAN/ ANNANDALE STREETS. 3. LOCALITY PLAN Fig. 1: Locality Plan 4. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT Crime is out of control in the area and the site is currently un-protected. The proposed development involves perimeter boundary fencing to the site and security guard bars / trellidoors to openings to the building to prevent vagrants and burglars from accessing the site and breaking into the building, removing fittings and materials, and causing further damage to the heritage resource. The scope of works involves the erection of rear and side mesh fencing, metal palisade fencing incorporating pedestrian and motor gates to the street boundaries, and security bars/ trellidoors to the window and door openings, as further described and illustrated in this report (see photographs and Fig’s. 5 to 10). 5. HERITAGE RESOURCES IDENTIFIED A modest 19th Century Cape Dutch homestead, sited on the corner of Annandale and Bosman Streets, off Voortrekker Road in Kuils River. It’s origins go back to a V.O.C. era cattle outpost and outspan. The present Heritage Statement: Erf 8649 Corner Annandale and Bosman Streets Kuils River. Urban Design Services cc. December 2015 3 structure dates from 1836 with later additions of 1883, and further 20th Century alterations and additions. The homestead is on the corner of 2 suburban streets and is a visual landmark. 6. ANTICIPATED IMPACTS ON HERITAGE RESOURCES The proposed metal palisade fencing on the street boundaries has the least impact, compared to other forms of security fencing, including so- called ‘clearvu’ fencing, because: a) visually, it does not totally obscure the resource from public view, b) is architecturally neutral (does not suggest any false history or pretend to belong to an earlier layer), and c) has the least material footprint as far as the conservation principle of future reversibility is concerned. There is an existing modern low wall on the Bosman Street side outside the actual property boundary, and the palisade fence will be positioned behind it. Two of the modern entrance doors, which open inwards, will have trellidoor fixtures (finished in white to match the door paint) fitted to the exterior of the building. The historical entrance door off Bosman Street will not have any trellidoor or security gate fixed on the outside; it will be secured internally. As the trellidoors are removable and are being fixed to modern doors, any possible impact on the resource is both minor and reversible. All the other security bars/ fixtures are to the inside of the building and have limited impact. 7. RECOMMENDATIONS 1/HWC grant a permit for: a) security bars/ trellidoors to be fitted to the openings as describe in this report, and b) the proposed boundary fencing as indicated in the attached drawings prepared by Chameleon Architects: No’s W001-Site Revision 2 & W001- Street Elevations Revision 1. Recommended conditions of approval: 1 / Metal palisade fencing must be painted dark green (Heritage Green). 2/ Any fixings must not damage any joinery or mouldings irreparably. 3/ No mature trees to be damaged. 8. AUTHORS AND DATE Andre Pentz, Heritage Consultant, 17 December 2015. Chameleon Architects, August to December 2015 Heritage Statement: Erf 8649 Corner Annandale and Bosman Streets Kuils River. Urban Design Services cc. December 2015 4 1.0 BACKGROUND 1.1 Brief Andre Pentz of Urban Design Services cc has been authorised by Fynbosland 298 cc to make an urgent permit application for boundary walling, fencing and security bars to the old homestead building situated on the corner of Annandale and Bosman Streets, Kuils River. The homestead is a modest 19th Century Cape Dutch building being used as a private school. Crime is out of control in the area and the site is currently un-protected. This necessitates the need to secure the site and property from further theft and vandalism. A permit application is included as Annexure A and Annexure B is the authorisation. Figure 2: Aerial Photograph the Site (Source: City of Cape Town) 1.2 Application of the NHRA Section 34 of the NHRA (National Heritage Resources Act) requires that no structure over 60 years in age may be demolished / altered without a permit issued by the relevant heritage resources authority (in this case Heritage Western Cape). The structure is over 60 years in age and therefore a permit application for the proposed security measures is required. 1.3 Methodology The process included a site inspection, consultation, desk-top analysis and reporting. 1.4 Statement of Independence and Expertise Andre Pentz of Urban Design Services cc is an independent professional service provider with nearly 30 years of experience in disciplines involving the built environment. He is a registered architect and planner, a member of the Urban Design Institute of South Africa, and an accredited member of the Association of Professional Heritage Assessment Practitioners, Western Cape. Heritage Statement: Erf 8649 Corner Annandale and Bosman Streets Kuils River. Urban Design Services cc. December 2015 5 2.0 DESCRIPTION 2.1 Site locality and context The site, Erf 8649, is situated one block north of Voortrekker Rd on a suburban street corner. Other than the old homestead on the site, and a 1930’s farmhouse sited diagonally opposite, and which is now also part of the suburban scene, there is little else to indicate the presence of heritage values in the area. Figure 3: Context Plan (Source: City of Cape Town) Heritage Statement: Erf 8649 Corner Annandale and Bosman Streets Kuils River. Urban Design Services cc. December 2015 6 2.2 Historical context Up until the 1950’s, and before it obtained Municipal status, Kuils River was still a small settlement straddling Van Riebeeck Road, with uninterrupted farmland stretching eastwards towards Stellenbosch. Rapid suburban expansion during the latter half of the 20th C together with commercial strip development along the Van Riebeeck Road corridor has resulted in a context now characterised by low-rise commercial and suburban sprawl. Fig. 4: Historical context of Kuils River c.1942 (Source: Surveys and Mapping, Mowbray RSA 1:50000 series) 2.3 Statutory and Local Heritage Context The house is older than 60 years and therefore enjoys general protection in terms of Section 34 of the NHRA. The site does not form part of any declared urban conservation area or heritage overlay zone. The structure has not been given a heritage grading by the COCT, and is not a Provincial Heritage Site. 2.4 Description of the Heritage Resource Deed of Transfer (Refer Annexure C) Current Deed of Transfer from the Deeds Office is No. T 060060157/2005 in the name of Spring Forest Trading 234 Closed Corporation. There are no restrictive conditions. Survey Diagram(Refer Annexure C) The survey diagram is No. 9261-87. The site is 1818 square meters in extent. The site was originally a portion of Erf 3316 Kuils River. This in turn was a subdivision off previous farmland, from the early 19th Century. Heritage Statement: Erf 8649 Corner Annandale and Bosman Streets Kuils River. Urban Design Services cc. December 2015 7 History The site was part of a V.O.C. Company outpost and then farm in the area, previously known as ‘Leeuwenhof’ and before that ‘De Kuilen’. A survey diagram of 1914 shows a ‘U’-shaped building on the site described as: “The Homestead, a part of a portion of de Kuilen transferred to J. Lebegoet in 1795”. According to Fransen1, De Kuilen began as a Company’s cattle post, established in 1684. The site of the homestead is strategically located at the confluence of the Kuils and Bottelary Rivers, and also close to a main route to the interior (now Van Riebeeck Rd. – the R102). This location was ideal for the establishment for an outspan.