Architectural Styles
Cape Dutch
Alt names / subperiods
Timeline
Distinguishing Features
Geographic Presence
1700-1850
- Influences from Dutch, French, and British
- Thick whitewashed walls
- ornate curved or stepped gables roofs
- wide, covered verandas or porticos
- symmetrical design
- central entry with gable
- decorative motifs
- thatched roofs
- wooden shutters
- wrought iron detailing
- South Africa (western Cape)
- Namibia
Common Building Types
Landmark buildings
Historic Accommodation Types
Accommoodation Examples
- Farmhouses
- wineries
- capes
- homesteads
- churches
- governmental buildings
- Groot Constantia Cape Town
- Stellenbosch Village Museum
- Drostdy Eastern Cape
- Oude Libertas Western Cape
- Cape Town Castle
- Van Riebeeck Hotel Cape Town
- Klein Constantia Cape Town
- Buitenverwachting Cape Town
- Wemmershoek Homestead Western Cape
- Cape Dutch homestead / farmstead stays
- Wine estate accommodation in Cape Dutch manor houses
- Historic “werf” guest cottages – Old farm outbuildings (stables, slave quarters, stores) converted into self-contained cottages
- Cape Dutch townhouse boutique hotels
- Heritage inns / small hotels in Cape Dutch buildings
- Babylonstoren — Cape Winelands
- Cape Dutch Farmhouse / Vineyard Houses — Winelands regions
- Guest farms / vineyard farm stays throughout the Cape Winelands
Adaptive Reuse
- Keerweder Cape Dutch Guest House — Franschhoek
- Hawksmoor House — Stellenbosc
- Kersefontein Guest Farm — West Coast (Cape Dutch estate)
- Lanzerac Wine Estate
Landmarks
Original Accommodation
Adapted Visitor Accommodation