The land where Grosvenor House today stands was allocated
in 1781 to Christiaan Ludolph Neethling who erected a double
storey house on the erf a year later. An adjoining piece of
land was also allocated to Neethling in 1782. After his death
both erfs were transferred to Fredrich Gotthold Holzapfel whose
widow sold them 1798 to Rynhard Perreyn, an immigrant from the
Netherlands. The lifestyle in Stellenbosch during the reign
of the Batavian Republic (1802 - 1806) and the first years of
British rule (1806 - 1834) is reflected in Grosvenor House.
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