page_title: Loxton, Northern Cape
section_title: Architecture
hierarchical_section_title: Loxton, Northern Cape / Architecture
caption_attribution_description: English: Lack of wood in the dry Bushmanland environment led tpioneer farmers to create a vernacular buildings style building cinical roof structures from stone, ie: corbelling. This media shows a South African Protected Site with SAHRA file reference 9/2/019/0011.
context_page_description: Loxton is a town in the Karoo region of South Africa's Northern Cape province. Within the Ubuntu Local Municipality of the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality
  It is in one of the major wool-producing and one of the largest garlic-producing areas in South Africa.
  With a population of 1,053 in 2011, the area is quiet and sparsely populated. Afrikaans is the most widely spoken language in the town.
context_section_description: The farms surrounding Loxton are characterised by beehive-shaped Corbelled Houses that have roofs with no supporting roof beams and structures built using local stone.  They were first built around 1811 by the Trekboers, nomadic farmers who descended from European settlers. They used the local stone to build their homes due to a lack of other building materials.
  The oldest building in the town is a redundant power station, which was originally a horse stable on what was then the Phizantefontein farm.
  Even after years of being unoccupied, many of the buildings have been restored and still stand over 100 years after they were first built, as examples of typical vernacular Karoo architecture. Throughout the town are various styles of corrugated iron roofs such as the smooth, round-edged bullnose, the curved ogee and the concave roof. Several Loxton buildings are also characterised by diamond windows on end walls, pedimented walls, classical pillars and balusters. Some of the old buildings also feature strong wooden shutters and sash windows.
caption: Corebelled Houses, Konka Farm, Carnarvon District
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