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Post date: 17/04/2015
Points G-H-I include the farm 571 (Diamant) and the adjoining Leeufontein properties. Diamant is part of the original Rhee Heuvel VOC ‘vee plaats’ 1759 grant to F.Botha. A later document dated to 1848 under the Cape Colony administration refers to the grant of the property on Perpetual Quitrent and includes a map drawn by the Colonial surveyor Hopley showing the farmhouse. Copies of the relevant archival documents were supplied by the owner Mr MJ Odendaal and have been provided to SHE Cape Environmental (cc) and Heritage Western Cape. The house preserves original fabric in the form of yellowwood beams and metre-thick walls and in the thinner walls and Oregon pine beams shows a history of renovation under different owners. The house and the farmyard or werf are culturally significant. There is an existing 132 kV line that runs directly in front of the werf and detracts from its visual setting or ambiance. On the farm 366/8 (Leeufontein) is a grave marked by a plinth