No / Address / Erf No / Description / Date proclaimed / Thumbnail image
1 / 50 (formerly 38) Long Street / Erf 135 Montagu / Rectangular, thatched, five-bay house in the Cape Dutch style, with, square and pedimented front gable and straight end-gables; timber steps; 1858. / 15/11/1974 /
2 / 41 Long Street / Erf 239 / Old Mission Church,1907, a cross-shaped building, now housing the Montagu Museum / 23/05/1975 /
3 / 32 (formerly 24) Long Street / Erf 1391 / L-shaped, thatched building in the Cape Dutch style, consisting of a rectangular house and flat-roofed annex, attached to an end-on coach house with timber steps;c1860 / 25/07/1975 /
4 / 35 (formerly 21) Long Street / Erf241 / Rectangular, thatched house in the Cape Dutch style, with square and pedimented front gable and fish-tail end-gables, 1860, once owned by artist Francois Krige and restored by Revel Fox / 01/08/1975 /
5 / 9 Rose Street / Erf 297 / DR Church parsonage; a stately Edwardian villa with 15 rooms, designed by John Parker and built in 1911 for former parson, DrDF Malan. / 17/10/1975 /
6 / 25 (formerly 13) Long Street / Erf 1005 / ‘Joubert House’, rectangular, thatched house in the Cape Dutch style, with unusual front gable and timber steps; 1853 (the oldest surviving house in Montagu); restored in 1983;now a house museum. / 05/12/1975 /
7 / 6 Long Street / Erf 107 / Rectangular, thatched house, end-on to the street, with straight end-gables; 1855. Its large oak tree is a landmark and is mentioned in the declaration notice. / 27/07/1984 and
30/05/1985
(gazetted twice, due to an incorrect erf no. in the first notice). /
8 / 3 Piet Retief Street / Erven 454, 455, 456, 457, 458 / Old primary school complex, with a five-bay central hall and front and end gables. Commenced in 1893, enlarged by John Parker in 1910, now the municipal offices and town library. / 27/07/1984 /
9 / 33 Long Street / Erf261 / ‘Bonheur’, Victorian pitched-roof townhouse on c/o Church Street, with cast iron verandah and fanlight above the front door / 27/07/1984 /
10 / 20 Bath Street / Erf 161 / T-shaped, thatched house in the Cape Dutch style with concave-convex front and end-gables (the only example in town) and fanlight above the front door; 1854 / 27/07/1984 /
11 / 24 Bath Street / Erven 254, 255, 256 / Rectangular five-bay house with pilasters, iron roof, clipped gables, timber stairs and fine fanlights; 1860. Previously a magistrate’s office, then library, now the tourist bureau / 27/07/1984 /
12 / 58 Long Street / Erf 3581 (formerly Erf 149) / Rectangular, thatched house in the Cape Dutch style, with end gables and attached coach-house, end-on to the street;c1860 / 17/08/1984 /
13 / 21 Piet Retief Street / Erf 432 / Late-Victorian corner villa with fine cast-iron verandah decorations and quoined corners / 17/08/1984 /
14 / 26 Long Street / Erf 117 / Unadorned, five-bay, double-storey Cape-Georgian house; 1860s, now called ‘Long Acres’ / 17/08/1984 /
15 / 17 Long Street / Erf 277 / ‘Malherbe House’, a rectangular thatched house in the Cape Dutch style, with a square and pedimented front gable and fish-tail end-gables; bays separated by pilasters; 1859 / 08/02/1985 /
16 / 46 Long Street / Erf 127 / Rectangular, thatched house in the Cape Dutch style, with straight end gables and timber stairs, 1860, now ‘Four Oaks’ restaurant, wine shop and B&B. / 15/03/1985 /
17 / 30 Bath Street / Erf 251 / Rectangular, thatched house in the Cape Dutch style, with straight end- gables and timber stairs; 1856. Flat roofed annex dates to 1880s, / 07/03/1986 /
18 / 13 Bath Street / Erf 333 / Dutch Reformed Church complex; Neo-Gothic cross-shaped building, located at the top end of Church Street. Designed by George Burkett and constructed 1858-1862 by Joseph Barry. Eastern and western galleries, designed by John Parker added in 1906. / 09/05/1986 /
19 / 20 Long Street / Erf 115 / Four-bay, double-storey Cape-Georgian house with cornice and quoined corners; originally a c1857 single-storey house, extended c1890 / 23/06/1989 /
20 / 40 Long Street / Erf 123 / Five-bay, double-storey Cape-Georgian house with richly decorated parapet, plaster frames and pilasters (on ground floor); 1892 / 23/04/ 1993 /
21 / 42A and 44 Bath Street / Erf 1783 / Attached, late-Victorian house and office, with Dutch Renaissance revival gables, projecting off-centre portico and fine cast-iron verandahs. Designed by Reid, built 1899. Former ABC/Standard Bank and the bank manager’s house. / 23/07/1993 /
Sources: Gazetted declaration notices on SAHRA website: on 10/01/2011.
Montagu-Ashton Tourism Association, 2011, pamphlet titled Historical Walk through Montagu
Fransen, H, 2004, The Old Buildings of the Cape, pp414-418