BLOCKHOUSE ACCOMMODATION

摘要

This must surely be a first for South Africa - An Anglo-Boer War blockhouse converted into a self-caterinq overnight stay. This is the 'Standard Pattern' South African Blockhouse at Stormberg Junction, which I first visited and recorded in 1996. At the time, I believed it to be the best preserved of any I had seen and this still holds true. It is complete with its corrugated iron roof, steel machicouli galleries, floors, wooden staircases, even an extra door at ground level, all seemingly original, probably because it was within the periphery of a large British camp protecting this important rail junction. I believe it has survived in this state because it is off the 'vandal routes'.