Village Walk
Start at the Post House (A) in Main Road. This building is a National Monument and was the old post office in Greyton. Walk down Ds Botha Street past the Railway House (B) - presently Catherine Paynter Gallery . Jan de Villiers opened the first shop in his home here in the 1920s. Apie de Villiers traded in the building, which was to become the SAR&H depot under the ownership of Mr Weder sr. Farmers and villagers would take their produce to the shop, and the Railways bus would collect it for the market.
Further along Ds Botha Street is a long, low building (C) under the oaks - presently "The Oak & Vigne". This building was used as a school, before the school was moved over the road into the building which now houses the post office (D) and Municipal offices (E).
The small building (F) in Ds Botha Street once housed the Standard Bank. The tiny agency was open only a couple of days a week.
At the intersection of Ds Botha and Oak Streets is the David Kuijers Gallery (G). The building adjoining and above once housed the school hostel.
Turn right into Oak Street. Halfway down the street, under oak trees, is a flat-roofed house, no. 22 (H). Here old Mr Coxson, used to sit upstairs at his workbench in front of a window, repairing shoes. The family still has an old high-chair which he made out of soap boxes, as well as other interesting family heirlooms.
Turn right into Justice Street and at the end of the road you will see "Die Gang" (I). This house used to be a row of labourers' cottages, and has unique Genadendal-made window hinges.
From the intersection of Vigne and Justice Streets can be seen - what was - the old barn (J) of the farm Weltevreden. This is one of the oldest buildings in Greyton.
It was recently renovated.
Turn right into Vigne Street, where some of the original mud-brick houses of Greyton are still to be seen. The studio of the well known artist, the late Piet Kannemeyer, is in Vigne Street (K).
Walk up to Main Road. Looking up past the Post House you will see the old Dutch Reformed Church. This is now the Moravian church (X). Turn right into Main Road and through the modern-day village centre. At the intersection of Main Road and High Street is the Village Business Centre.
This started out back in 1925 as the Central Hotel Inn (L). Over the road is A.G Osman & Sons (M). Mr Osman senior's father first came to Greyton in 1920. He traded across the road in what is today the Greyt Oak Centre before moving into the present premises in 1934. Walk down High Street past Osman's and St Andrew's Anglican Church (O) is ahead.
This was built in 1904 and also has Genadendal-made catches on the windows.
Turn left into Jones Street. The buildings on your right are the old Anglican church hall and manse.
Go up Cross Market Street and turn right into Main Road. The stalls on the village square (P) were erected by the Conservation Society, and a produce and craft market is held here every Saturday morning.
The Dutch Reformed Church (Q) on your left was built in 1964, and the building opposite the tennis courts is the DRC Hall (R).
At the intersection of Main Road and Grey Street is the Greyton Lodge. Part of this building, which became a hotel in 1985, dates back to 1882. At one time rooms 4, 5 and 6 were police cells.
Turn right into Grey Street, then left into Vlei Street. The open land beyond Vlei Street is part of Greyton's commonage.
Turn right just before Regent Street and walk down to Greyton's picnic spot (U) on the Gobos River.
Return up Regent Street, left into Main Road then right up Disa Street to Park Road. Turn left. The large buildings on the right are the old school hostel (V) and Uitkyk Primary School (W). Turn left at the Moravian Church, and back to the Post House.