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History: This fine example of a Cape-Dutch gabled house with its concavo-convex ("holbol") gable was probably built early in the Nineteenth Century on the farm which was originally granted in 1714 to Jean Joubert.

Montpellier was granted to Jean Joubert, a Huguenot, in 1714. In 1733 it was left as a bequest to Suzanna Garde, the widow of his son Josua. She kept the farm till her death in 1771. In 1778 it was acquired by Jan Theron sn, and in 1819 it passed to Jacob Coenraad de Clerk (also Clercq, Klerk, etc) who kept it until 1862. The gable bears the date 1714, which of course is the date of the grant. Its true date must be about 1815-1820. Without its peculiar 'wings' its outline is purely holbol of a type found in the Ceres basin (cp Schapenrivier). It is likely to have been De Clerk's work. The house is T-shaped with one back wing halfway down the 'tail', like several others hereabouts; it retains its thatch. Following 1969 earthquake damage (which obliterated any evidence there might have been regarding the authenticity of the gable wings), the house was repaired and somewhat restored.
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