Cape Dutch

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Cape Dutch is a traditional architectural style of the Western Cape in South Africa, characterized by whitewashed walls, ornate rounded gables, and thatched roofs influenced by Dutch, German, and Indonesian design.

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Cape Dutch canonical 5
Cape Dutch architecture 3
Cape Dutch Revival 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural style
vernacular architecture
associatedWith Cape Colony
associatedWithIndustry wine industry of the Western Cape
country South Africa
culturalSignificance iconic image of the Cape winelands
symbol of Afrikaner heritage
developedInCentury 17th century
18th century
early 19th century
doorPlacement central front door
façadeElement holbol gable
parapet gable
scroll-shaped gable
hasCharacteristic central gables
decorative plasterwork
ornate rounded gables
raised stoep
shuttered windows
small-paned sash windows
symmetrical façades
thatched roofs
thick masonry walls
whitewashed walls
hasSubstyle Cape Dutch self-linksurface differs
surface form: Cape Dutch Revival
influenced Cape Dutch self-linksurface differs
surface form: Cape Dutch Revival architecture
influencedBy Cape Malay building traditions
Dutch architecture
German architecture
Indonesian architecture
notableExample Babylonstoren
Boschendal
Stellenbosch wine district
surface form: Groot Constantia

Meerlust
Rust en Vreugd
Rustenburg
surface form: Rustenberg

Swartland
surface form: Vergelegen
region Western Cape
roofMaterial corrugated iron (later alterations)
thatch
typicalMaterial brick
lime plaster
local stone
typicalPlan H-shaped plan
T-shaped plan
U-shaped plan
usedFor farmhouses
rural homesteads
urban townhouses
wine estates

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Franschhoek hasArchitectureStyle Cape Dutch
Mahlamba Ndlopfu architecturalStyle Cape Dutch
this entity surface form: Cape Dutch Revival
Retief’s Manifesto language Cape Dutch
Jacobethan hasArchitecturalFeature Cape Dutch
this entity surface form: Dutch gables
Cape Dutch hasSubstyle Cape Dutch self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Cape Dutch Revival
Cape Dutch influenced Cape Dutch self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Cape Dutch Revival architecture
Prince Albert knownFor Cape Dutch
this entity surface form: Cape Dutch architecture
Swellendam knownFor Cape Dutch
this entity surface form: Cape Dutch architecture
Swellendam hasArchitecturalStyle Cape Dutch
Riebeek-Kasteel knownFor Cape Dutch
this entity surface form: Cape Dutch architecture