Coornhoop, 17th century farmhouse in Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa.

Coornhoop is a restored 17th-century farmhouse at 2 Dixton Road in Observatory, Cape Town, now housing the Centre for Conflict Resolution. Behind two rows of three arches that connect two of the original sheds stands a double-storey dovecote, and the remaining shells have concave/convex gable ends dated 1797.

In 1657 and 1658 Jan van Riebeeck granted land on the western bank of the Liesbeek to 14 free burghers to grow wheat, and the sheds at Coornhoop were completed in September 1657. After four years they fell into disuse, and successive owners subdivided and converted them into dwellings. The Simon van der Stel Foundation bought the remains in 1961 and restored them in 1964; the surviving gable ends date from 1797.

The dovecote stands behind two rows of three arches that link two of the original sheds, and its facade is a feature of Cape architecture. In 1966 it was declared a monument, while the sheds themselves were not. A 1896 sketch of the dovecote by A.F. Truter is held in the William Fehr Collection.

Coornhoop stands at 2 Dixton Road in Observatory, Cape Town, and now houses the Centre for Conflict Resolution, an office rather than a museum. The 1966 monument status covers the double-storey dovecote alone, not the whole complex. Visitors should arrange access through the Centre in advance rather than expect scheduled opening hours.

The dovecote was declared a monument in 1966, separately from the farmhouse. A sketch of it made in 1896 by A.F. Truter is held in the William Fehr Collection, and the dovecote stands behind two rows of three arches that link two of the original sheds.