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Post date: 07/08/2012
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'The Isivundu Tea Estate is the property of Messrs Horace Balcomb and Sons...originally granted to t Bibliography archive: 20th century Impression of Natal, p 315.
'The Isivundu Tea Estate is the property of Messrs Horace Balcomb and Sons...originally granted to t Bibliography archive: 20th century Impression of Natal, p 315.
Directions:
From Greytown on R74 pass Mapumulo and Kearsney. Half km after turn to Doringkop see trun to Isivundu 954, in the Kearsney-Doornkop Health Committee Area, County of Victoria, Province of Natal, and in extent (622) acres.
From Greytown on R74 pass Mapumulo and Kearsney. Half km after turn to Doringkop see trun to Isivundu 954, in the Kearsney-Doornkop Health Committee Area, County of Victoria, Province of Natal, and in extent (622) acres.
Archive Import; Of historical and architectural interest.
History: The mansion dates from about the year 1900 and is one of the few remaining so-called "sugar palaces" in Natal. The Isivundu Tea Estate is the property of Messrs Horace Balcomb and Sons.... originally granted to their father, Mr B Balcomb in 1859... tea planting... success rewarded his efforts.
Visual Description: Longitudinal house with 'witch's' tower at entrance. Perimeter verandah, very large 1/1 sliding sash windows. Classical detailing: verandah éntablature' breaks forward at columns. House apperently imported as kit from Radford & Radford, Chicago.
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Site Features: tea shed of interest
Condition: fair
Construction Date: 1900c
Materials: facebrick : corrugated iron
Catalogue: Peters, 1996, No: NC88, Significance Category:
ExtentOfProt: The Isivundu mansion at Kearsney , Natal, situate on the farm Isivundu 1954, in the Kearsney-Doornkop Health Committee Area, County of Victoria, Province of Natal, and in extent (622) acres.