This site is one of the early Voortrekker Settler Cottages, though certain elements have changed over the years(e.g. the thatched roof has been replaced). Typical features of Voortrekker cottages include thick walls of mud brick or shale, yellowwood floors and ceilings, and haylofts. In 2012, CyArk partnered with the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN), the African Conservation Trust (ACT), and Heritage KwaZulu-Natal to form a new chapter, CyArk South Africa. The site was scanned as part of a UKZN Heritage Mapping Unit project to digitally document historical buildings in Pietermaritzburg. 