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Post date: 07/08/2012
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Travel for 5km frm Richmond on the Byrne Valley Road. Turn right at the Blarnery cottage monument road sign and travel another 500m. Turn left onto the gravel road and travel another 100m to the sign board indicating the subject property located on the left of the road. The site with the so-called Blarney Cottage thereon, situated on subdivision 2 of the farm Dunbar Estate 1478, in the county of Pietermaritzburg, Province of Natal, in extent 2,4560.... incom THE Reminder of Portion 2 of the farm Dunbar Estate No.. 1478, known as Blarney, situated in Registration Division FT in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal, in extent 21,8241 hectares.
Travel for 5km frm Richmond on the Byrne Valley Road. Turn right at the Blarnery cottage monument road sign and travel another 500m. Turn left onto the gravel road and travel another 100m to the sign board indicating the subject property located on the left of the road. The site with the so-called Blarney Cottage thereon, situated on subdivision 2 of the farm Dunbar Estate 1478, in the county of Pietermaritzburg, Province of Natal, in extent 2,4560.... incom THE Reminder of Portion 2 of the farm Dunbar Estate No.. 1478, known as Blarney, situated in Registration Division FT in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal, in extent 21,8241 hectares.
Archive Import:Sigmificance: One of the earliest British Settler homes in Byrne, Natal, built by Fred McLeod.
History: This cottage was built by Fred McCleod, who was one of the children of George and Ellen McCleod. They were from the original Byrne Settlers, one of the most important English immigrant schemes that took place in Natal in the middle of the nineteenth century. Building commenced in 1878 and the house was completed 1879.
Donated to National Monuments Council by Douglas McLeod.
Simpedwelling with front verandah:
Interior: yellowwood flooring: roof beams; door jambs, etc (original part)
Alteration: addition of a number of rooms over a period of years:
SiteFeat: remnant of original orchard planted by Fred McLeod.
Blarney Cottage is of a simple design and built of bricks burnt on site. Although presently a seven-roomed house, it originally consisted of three rooms; the living room and two bedrooms with a bathroom to the rear. The other rooms were added in 1887. The timber work to the house was predominantly yellowwood.
Visual Description: The Blarney Cottage, a wattle-and daub hut and a wooden barn. Simple dwelling with front verandah.
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Site Features:
Condition: fair
Construction Date: 1879
Materials: brick : corrugated iron
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