Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    2824DB57
    Site Name
    Rugby House, 28 Roper Street, Kimberley
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Built Environment Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Building type
    Associated People
    History of use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -28.736062, 24.766636
      Northern Cape
      • Frances Baard
      • Sol Plaatje
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 8248
      Address:
      28 Roper Street
      CBD
      Kimberley
      Directions to Site
      High
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      Rugby House is unique in South Africa. Frederick James Dobbin, a famous Springbok rugby player buil

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The property with the so-called Rugby House thereon, being Erf 8248, Kimberley, situated in the Municipality and Division of Kimberley, in extent 843 (eight hundred and forty-three) sqaure metres.
      Deed of Transfer T1214/1976, dated 21 September 1976.

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      14997
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      1318
      Deeds Number
      T1214/1976 dated 21 September 1976
      Archive Status
      National monument
      14997-1318_2.pdf (51.54 KB)
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