SWELLLENDAM DISTRICT
Little-known vernacular places in the Swellendam district between the N2 and the coast, mostly on the eastern side of the Breede River
Little-known vernacular places in the Swellendam district between the N2 and the coast, mostly on the eastern side of the Breede River
This excursion follows on previous visits, the first being for the third annual general meeting of VASSA in 1966, the second in 1994, as part of our 30th anniversary celebration, and again in 2000 when we visited places in the town and to the west of the town.
Venues visited: Sandkraal – a restored Victorian homestead, with Koesanie an earlier adjacent farmstead, a restored house in Railton, the Drostdy Museum complex, a longhouse at Uitvlug – west of the river.
Beyond Riviersonderend is an 18th-century farm near Stormsvlei, the van Reenen farmsteads at Rhenosterfontein – both of which were visited by the legendary Lady Anne Barnard in 1796.