Built environment – Stanford Conservation

Stanford was laid out in 1857, when De Kleine Rivier Valey farm was divided into a village: a grid of streets, large plots and a central square. We help keep that character while the village grows.

White plastered house with two pointed gables, an open verandah with iron railings and a low street wall

Stanford Heritage Committee

Protecting the village's historic character.

St Thomas Church, a thatched sandstone church with a pointed bell-gable and an arched doorway

St Thomas Church & Oulap Hall

Restoring Stanford's Grade II stone church and the Oulap Hall.

The Buzzy Beez building before restoration, with a painted bee and hive mural on the white wall and the old thatch roof

Buzzy Beez Restoration

The Grade IIIA thatched Buzzy Beez building on the Okkie Smuts grounds, restored and now the school library.

2014 Village Plan map, showing the Village Green and proposed structuring elements

Stanford Planning Group

Independent specialists helping plan how Stanford grows.

Michael Sutton's hand-drawn plan of Stanford Market Square

Market Square Revitalisation

The Village Green, one of South Africa's few remaining undeveloped market squares, now paved and home to the Saturday morning market.

Volunteer in waterproofs standing in an open leiwater channel, holding a sluice board

The Leiwater

Caring for the historic water channels and sluices.

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