Circa 1910. 4 Gardiner's Kloof. Erf 290, on which this home was built, was originally classified as commonage and subsequently held in trust from 1893 by the Knysna Municipality, before being sold to Charles Wilhelm Thesen in 1904. This small semi-detached cottage was built here later. Frank Gardiner, an employee at the Thesen’s Sawmill, and his wife Sarah (nee van Rooyen), rented half of the building soon after their marriage in 1924. In 1945 this property was offered for sale out of the estate of the late Charles Wilhelm Thesen and was purchased by Frank and Sarah Gardiner for ?150. Sarah, an energetic builder, promptly set about enlarging the home. The south entrance Yellowwood door, as well as other doors and windows came from the Old Rectory at Rooihoogte which was replaced in 1938. They were used to complete the north and south extensions to the original stone and baked brick building. Family descendants of the Gardiner’s still live in the home.