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Granny Mouse House Eastern Cape
Address:
Nutswood Drive, 5721 Hogsback
Telephone:
045 962-1259
Fax:
086 614-6389
Description
Granny Mouse House is a Full-service Guesthouse, offering a maximum of 6 concurrent guests the option of booking bed and breakfast, or Dinner, bed and Breakfast.Granny Mouse House, although renamed in 1998, is one of the oldest of Hogsback houses, originally built from wattle-and-daub as a private holiday home, it was later extended in all directions in an architecturally 'interesting' manner, and became the private residence of a rather feisty old lady, probably not too unlike the present owner.
ERF number 1, now known as Granny Mouse House, was the first piece of ground subdivided off the original Summerton farm and still borders the remnants of it.
Keywords
Accommodation, Guest House, Bed and Breakfast, Self Catering, Dinner, Pool, Cottages, Guest House Accommodation, Queen Bed, Self-Catering Units, Shower and Bath, Individually Furnished, Guest Bedrooms, Head Chef, Tvs In Rooms, Individual Private Patios, Antique Dining Table, Garden Facing, Thatched Lounge, Full-Service Guesthouse, Staff Training Officer, 4 Star Superior Accreditation, Pre-Dinner DrinksCompany description
Two Self-catering units sleeping 2 persons each (queen beds) are also available. We enjoy the accolade of being the first catered establishment in Hogsback to have attained 4 star Superior accreditation from both AA and TGCSA. We cater for adult guests, in a sophisticated yet relaxed country atmosphere.Large, landscaped grounds and views of all the surrounding mountains enhance the sense of restful, quiet respite, in a Village situated high up in the Amatola mountains of the Eastern Cape.
Hard-pressed though one might be, in the present tense, to discern that anything productive may once have been conducted on that property, historical accounts assure us that it was so.
The Summerton brothers, both market gardeners from England, settled in Hogsback in the 1820's, and both married local Black women. Many of the nut trees, orchard varieties and berries still growing in abundance on the mountain bear witness to their trade.
Mushroom spores were brought by ship from England and kept alive on wetted bricks. A Clan of Xhosa-speakers still bearing the name continue to own the adjacent land.
A walk or drive around the Bluff, which was the remainder of the Summerton brothers' orchard, now known as Summerton Drive, has much to commend it a as tourist attraction.
It includes the Labyrinth and Tea garden/restaurant at The Edge, Dianna Graham`s award-winning Eco-shrine, a Buddhist meditation and Yoga centre, a circular walk and viewpoint overlooking the Tyume Valley and Indigenous forests. In the month of flowering, the Bluff is suffused with colourful indigenous Watsonias. An assortment of other interesting crafters and some noteworthy private gardens completes the picture.
The 'CBD' is a mere 1.5 kms away.
The house, purchased with the intention of providing a retirement haven for the current owner may well not have lasted until that date, such was the state of disrepair. But fate conspired as it sometimes does, to allow for earlier occupation and restoration.
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