Mossel Bay Photos

 

The building at 31 Marsh Street was built about 1877 and was used as presbytery for St Thomas Catholic Church from 1905 after the Convent House was turned into a school. The building was sold and is now “The Fynbos Shoppe and Coffee Shop”. The white part of the building is the Victorian Tea Room and was added in 2005.

Convent House was the first building erected for St Thomas Catholic Church. It was built in 1868 and was used as a chapel and presbytery. A lot of changes were made over the years. The building is now used by Magic Kids. The enterance gate with a cross was built in 1887 when Marsh Street was constructed.

Built in 1905 by R Peda of Oudtshoorn.  The Town Clerk, Mr Harvey lived here in 1913. Now used by Kliphuis Cuisine for a Coffee Shop.

Built in 1884 for the St Blaize Lodge.

The Old Masonic temple was built n 1884 for the St Blaize Lodge. It has no external windows but skylights give light

A closer view of the tower of St Thomas Catholic Church

This building was built in 1885 and was used as a school.   In 1905 it was enlarged and became a church.   It was enlarged again in 1935 when the towers were added.  

The Granary was built between 1786 and 1787 to store grain brought by farmers until there was enough for a shipload. It was demolished in 1951. In 1987 it was reconstructed from the original plans. Today it is the entrance to the Dias Museum Complex.

The date on the wall of the Customs House

The Customs House was built in 1874as a single storey. it was extended in 1882 and a verandah was added in 1892.

It was built in 1902 by Cochrane & Cherry and the archtects were Milne & Sladdin of Cape Town.  It was used by the bank until 1950 and is now the office for the Mossel Bay Advertiser (the local weekly newspaper).  It had a beautiful porch witch was removed for street widening.

Urk House at 12 Church Street was built in 1904 as offices for C.W. Black whose shop was next door on the corner of Bland Street. It is the oldest three-storey building in town.

This building was built in 1876 as the ABC Bank with accomodation upstairs. The covered display area is more recent.

This building was built in 1857 for Meyer & Co. It was used as business premises by import and export traders Fleming & Mudie in 1870 - 1890.  It was used by the Mossel Bay Advertiser from 1931-1988. It was restored in 1991 and is now used as the offices for Rauch Gertenbach Attorneys and Boshoff Visser Auditors.

The Ochre Barn was built in 1849 for Barry & Nephews. It was modernised between 2000 - 2007 and now houses the Protea Hotel. 

This is the window of Searle's Manor. The building was built in 1902 and was used as a warehouse by Searle's & Co of Great Brak River and later by other traders.

Searle's Manor was built in 1902 and was used as a warehouse by Searle's & Co of Great Brak River and later by other traders. The raised stoep was used as loading platform. It was restored in 2005/2006 into apartments and offices.

This house was built in 1915 by a magnate from Oudtshoorn.  It is the only house in the "Klein Karoo" style in Mossel Bay.  Scottish stonemasons were brought in from Oudtshoorn to cut and dress the stones.  Their style was different from the Anglican masons from Cornwell who worked in Mossel Bay.