La Cotte Watermill, Franschhoek, Western Cape: In 1694, Jean Gardiol, a Huguenot, was granted the farm La Cotte in the Franschhoek valley. It is believed that the watermill was built early in the 18th century. According to a photograph taken early in the 20th century, the mill had a wooden overshot wheel and two different gables - one rectilinear with a false chimney and the other hipped. It was thatched and built from a combination of stone and clay bricks. There is a shuttered opening under the hipped gable from which the miller could reach the hatch in the launder to open and close it and so regulate the speed of the water.