SANDSTONE HOUSES OF THE EASTERN FREE STATE

303pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., maps, paperback, Otterley Press, Pietermaritzburg, 2025

ISBN: 9781776447350

This richly illustrated book takes the reader on a road trip through the Eastern Free State, stating in the Swinburne/Harrismith area, then moving through Clarens, Fouriesburg, Ficksburg, Ladybrand, Tweespruit, Wepener, Clocolan and Zastron, as well as to lesser-known villages and settlements in the area. 

It features a variety of houses, including some very small cottages dating back to 1830, and covers both the architecture and the stories of people who lived in the homes.

Contributors include paleogeologist Gideon Groenewald; Kobus du Preez,  lecturer in heritage architecture, University of the Free State, and Professor Kathy Munro, University of the Witwatersrand, President of SA Heritage and Vice Chairman of the Johannesburg Heritage Association.