Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    2829DD115
    Site Name
    Old Agricultural Hall, Harding Street, Estcourt
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Built Environment Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Recording date
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Building type
    Architectural features

    Inscription: On cornerstone - date set for opened of building given as 26 January 1901, with a note thereon station.

    Associated People
    History of use
    Use Period Use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -28.994965, 29.870335
      KwaZulu-Natal
      • Uthukela
      • Inkosi Langalibalele
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Farm
      Land Parcel Reference
      Erf/Farm No: 149
      Harding Street
      Central
      Estcourt
      Directions to Site
      Entering Escourt from Pmb. Turn right into Harding Street at railway station. Site is immediately on the right.
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      An impressive sandstone building designed by Kent and Price and officially opened in December 1901; designed in the neo-Classical style the Agricultural Hall forms a unique civic complex together with the adjacent City Hall.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description

      The old Agricultural Hall, situated on a portion of a certain piece of land in the Township of Estco

      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      10047
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      2836
      Deeds Number
      T5388/1895
      Diagram Number
      G5388/895
      Archive Status
      National monument
      Media
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