HEALDTOWN SCHOOL CAMPUS FORT BEAUFORT, EASTERN CAPE: HERITAGE ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT OF THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE Liana Müller & CULTMATRIX cc Draft 1: September 2009 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................. 1 SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................. 1 1.1 BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................... 1 1.2 SCOPE OF WORK....................................................................................................... 1 1.2.1 Heritage Analysis and Assessment ..................................................................... 1 1.2.2 Vegetation-Survey ............................................................................................... 2 1.3 ASSUMPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS .......................................................................... 2 1.4 APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY .......................................................................... 2 1.5 ARCHIVAL MATERIAL ............................................................................................... 4 SECTION 2 HERITAGE ANALYSIS...................................................................... 5 2.1 BRIEF HISTORICAL NARRATIVE.............................................................................. 5 2.2 TIMELINE OF BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE AT HEALDTOWN ................ 5 2.2.1 Healdtown as Industrial Institution ....................................................................... 5 2.2.2 Healdtown as Educational Institution................................................................... 6 2.3 LITERATURE RESEARCH........................................................................................ 10 2.4 ORAL TRADITIONS .................................................................................................. 10 SECTION 3 ASSESSMENT OF HEALDTOWN CULTURAL LANDSCAPE........ 11 3.1 ZONE 1: SECONDARY SCHOOL AND CHAPEL .................................................... 14 3.1.1 Use and Description........................................................................................... 14 3.1.2 Values and Significance..................................................................................... 15 3.1.3 Development and Management Guidelines ...................................................... 17 3.2 ZONE 2: ILANGA (TRAINING SCHOOL) AND PRACTICING SCHOOL JUNIOR BLOCKS (LOWER PRIMARY SCHOOL)........................................................................... 17 3.2.1 Use and Description........................................................................................... 17 3.2.2 Values and Significance..................................................................................... 19 3.2.3 Development and Management Guidelines ...................................................... 23 3.3 ZONE 3: DINING HALL, "BATCH" AND PRACTICING SCHOOL .......................... 24 3.3.1 Use and Description........................................................................................... 24 3.3.2 Values and Significance..................................................................................... 27 3.3.3 Development and Management Guidelines ...................................................... 30 3.4 ZONE 4: SENIOR BOYS' DORMITORY AND DOMESTIC SCIENCE ..................... 30 3.4.1 Use and Description........................................................................................... 30 3.4.2 Values and Significance..................................................................................... 34 3.4.3 Development and Management Guidelines ...................................................... 35 3.5 ZONE 5: STAFF RESIDENCES ................................................................................ 36 3.5.1 Use and Description........................................................................................... 36 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. HEALDTOWN CULTURAL LANDSCAPE CULTMATRIX CC & LIANA MÜLLER Draft 1 08/09/2009 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 3.5.2 Values and Significance..................................................................................... 39 3.5.3 Development and Management Guidelines ...................................................... 40 3.6 ZONE 6: GIRLS' HOSTEL......................................................................................... 41 3.6.1 Use and Description........................................................................................... 41 3.6.2 Values and Significance..................................................................................... 45 3.6.3 Development and Management Guidelines ...................................................... 49 3.7 ZONE 7: PRIMARY SCHOOL ................................................................................... 49 3.7.1 Use and Description........................................................................................... 49 3.7.2 Values and Significance..................................................................................... 51 3.7.3 Development and Management Guidelines ...................................................... 51 3.8 ZONE 8: ENTRANCE ZONE ..................................................................................... 52 3.8.1 Use and Description ............................................................................................ 52 3.8.2 Values and Significance..................................................................................... 53 3.8.3 Development and Management Guidelines ...................................................... 54 SECTION 4 ASSESSMENT OF ENSEMBLES, ARCHITECTURAL TYPOLOGY AND HERITAGE VALUE.......................................................................................... 55 4.1 SECONDARY SCHOOL AND CHAPEL ................................................................... 55 4.1.1 Architectural ensembles and typology............................................................... 55 4.1.2 Architectural value ............................................................................................. 59 4.1.3 Development and management guidelines ....................................................... 59 4.2 ZONE 2: ILANGA (TRAINING SCHOOL) AND PRACTICING SCHOOL JUNIOR BLOCKS (LOWER PRIMARY SCHOOL)........................................................................... 60 4.2.1 Architectural ensembles and typology.............................................................. 60 4.2.2 Heritage value.................................................................................................... 64 4.2.3 Development and management guidelines ....................................................... 64 4.3 ZONE 3: DINING HALL, "BATCH" AND PRACTICING SCHOOL .......................... 65 4.3.1 Architectural ensembles and typology............................................................... 65 4.3.2 Heritage value.................................................................................................... 68 4.3.3 Development and management guidelines ....................................................... 68 4.4 ZONE 4: SENIOR BOYS' DORMITORY AND DOMESTIC SCIENCE ..................... 69 4.4.1 Architectural ensembles and typology............................................................... 69 4.4.2 Heritage value.................................................................................................... 71 4.4.3 Development and management guidelines ....................................................... 71 4.5 ZONE 5: STAFF RESIDENCES ................................................................................ 72 4.5.1 Architectural ensembles and typology............................................................... 72 4.5.2 Heritage value.................................................................................................... 73 4.6 ZONE 6: GIRLS' HOSTEL......................................................................................... 74 4.6.1 Architectural ensembles and typology............................................................... 74 4.6.2 Heritage value.................................................................................................... 75 4.6.3 Development and management guidelines ....................................................... 76 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. HEALDTOWN CULTURAL LANDSCAPE CULTMATRIX CC & LIANA MÜLLER Draft 1 08/09/2009 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 4.7 ZONE 7: PRIMARY SCHOOL ................................................................................... 76 4.7.1 Architectural ensembles and typology............................................................... 76 4.7.2 Heritage value.................................................................................................... 77 4.7.3 Development and management guidelines ....................................................... 77 4.8 ZONE 8: ENTRANCE ZONE ..................................................................................... 78 4.8.1 Architectural ensembles and typology..............................................................