Ravenswood House, Hatfield Street, Gardens

Coordinates: -33.9310, 18.4130
Updated: 20 Jul 2026

Ravenswood House is the only known example in Cape Town of the late classical Georgian Architectural Style of the beginning of the 19th Century. This Double-Storeyed Building was probably erected between 1817 and 1835 by M. A. de Kock, as one of a series of Houses for letting and is situated on a part of the former Welgedaan Property which was granted to G. D. Vreeburg in 1707. (J. P. VAN DER SPUY, Minister of National Education.) It was declared a National Monument under old NMC on the 14 of May 1971.

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Ravenswood House, Hatfield Street, Gardens

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South African History Online. (2011, July 14). Ravenswood House, Hatfield Street, Gardens. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/P-0065808

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South African History Online. "Ravenswood House, Hatfield Street, Gardens." South African History Online. July 14, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/P-0065808.