List of heritage sites in Beaufort West

Lancet windows with cusped arches, sometimes in pairs. Plasterwork spire, plasterwork around doors and windows, and plasterwork buttress detail. The building replaced a thatched church. It was built in 1826-31 and enlarged in 1892-94. James Bisset was the architect of alterations. Architectural style: Neo-Gothic.
Type of site: Church
Current use: Church.

Type of site: Tree This cypress tree is the only one remaining of about 25 similar trees that were planted in the original Dutch Reformed cemetery in 1834.

roof hidden by parapet, and a bracketed cornice. Hexagonal bell tower over clock above Donkin street entrance. Windows with shouldered arches. Rusticated pilasters. The Town Hall of Beaufort West stands in the main street, at the centre of the-historic Karoo town. It is a striking building, white and massive with bold lines and an old-fashioned tower. The origins of Beaufort West go back to 1818. Architectural style: Eclectic.
Type of site: Town Hall
Previous use: Town Hall.
Current use: Museum.

This building is the first Town Hall of the first Municipality in the country and was built in 1865-1866 by James Bisset. It accommodated the town council, public library, post office, and police station. it is now part of Beaufort West Museum, it houses a display of Prof Chris Barnard, the first doctor to perform a heart transplant.

Pitched roof, with plain end gables and mock-chimneys. Front wall with plaster paneling and hoods over openings. Double door with fanlight, French doors and sliding sash windows with Louvre shutters NM 1991. Second drostdy, for J J Meintjes.
Type of site: House
Current use: House.

Main facade comprises triangular main gable with Palladian windows below; there is a pair of split rectangular gables over each of the other windows. There are split semi-circular gables over the side windows, which exist in pairs. Louvred lantern roof ventilator. Building opened 10 October 1879 but the Girls' Public School opened 15 July 1891. An east wing for the nursery school was added in 1897 and opened in 1899. It is a fine example of Victorian public architecture.
Type of site: School
Previous use: School.
Current use: Municipal offices.

A joint fund-raising campaign by the NG and the Anglican congregations in 1887 enabled them to extend the ring-wall.
Type of site: Graveyard

Current use: Church : Dutch Reformed.

Double verandah, plain roof, returned, with plenty of ornamental cast-iron detail. Hoods and keystones above windows. Front door 6 panels, leaded fanlight, stained glass. Sliding sash windows. Multicoloured front door. Built in 1839 for Dr James Christie, first full-time government doctor in the area. He was also town councillor, MP & director of Beaufort Bank. The building served as a police station 1898 till after the Anglo-Boer War.
Type of site: House
Current use: Backpackers.

Triangular pediment, horizontal and raking cornices, semi-circular cap on pediment, with rustication to windows and gable ventilator. Porch on Ionic columns. This impressive Edwardian building, with its neoclassical features, was erected by Matthew Deas, master-builder of Beaufort West. The front gable bears the date 1906.
Type of site: Library
Previous use: Library.
Current use: Municipal offices.

Verandah roof on timber posts, wooden brackets & pendants, balustrade The early nineteenth century parsonage was enlarged in 1914 by the Rev. A.H. Barnard and was the birthplace of the well-known heart surgeon, Prof Chris Barnard and his brother Dr Marius Barnard.
Type of site: Pastorie
Previous use: Parsonage.
Current use: Museum.

Nave 4 bays, buttresses. Lancet windows, pointed hoods, with coloured diamond panes, original wooden tracery (?). Rough-cast walls, stone plinth. This Mission Church, the foundation stone of which was laid on 4 May 1871, was completed in December 1872 by the building contractor Adriaan Ventura. The Rev. Paulus Teshe was the main driving force behind its erection.

Architectural style: Cape Neo-Gothic.
Type of site: Church
Previous use: Church.
Current use: Museum.

One near Ye Olde Thatch died. Other one at Pritchard's Bldg. These pear trees were planted in 1850 and 1860.
Type of site: Tree