Bradgate Manor House was named after Bradgate House, the home of Lady Jane grey, who ruled England in 1153. Tragically, this only lasted for 9 days before she was imprisoned in the Tower of London, accused of treason and thereafter beheaded.

Bradgate Manor House, in Wellington, was built in 1903 by Alfred Jordan, who settled here from the United Kingdom and started the Jordan shoe factory in Wellington. The house is a superb example of a Victorian styled home in the colonial period, comprising of only the best materials and skills that were obtainable within the British Empire. As such the windows and doors are all made of imported Burmese Teak and the floors and magnificent ceilings are of imported Oregon Pine.

Like the original Bradgate House outside Leicester, the South African Bradgate Manor House is known for the good life. The Jordan family were traditionalists and very stout Royalists, and as such they gave immense support during the wars to allied soldiers passing the Cape of Good Hope on their way to war or returning after a stint in the East.

So much for the street being name Commissioner Street and the running battle waged post the war when the new Nationalist Party wanted to change the name to Van Riebeeck Street (after the first Dutch settler that set foot in the Cape in 1652) that to this day Commissioner Street only comprises the section wherin Bradgate Manor House is situated. To the right of Main Road the name is now Van Riebeeck Street.

During the Second World War the Northerly side of the property's exterior wall boundering Commissioner Street, named the "Wall of Victory:, was unveiled when a troop of soldiers arrived from their ship in Cape Town harbour by train in Wellington, as did many troops on leave those days, and were marched all the way to Commissioner Street next to the wall. They duly open order marched, stood to attention, sang "God save the Queen", and so the wall with its "V" for Victory was unveiled. This can still be seen today.

In the 1960's the South African Dried Fruit Cooperative bought the house so that it could be used in future by the General Manager of SAD. This stayed so until 1989 when the Burger family bought the property. The Burger family set about making the mome more liveable for their bustling family who rejoiced in being able to play their favourite games such as Cricket and Rugby in the wonderful gardens that soon had a tennis court added. As can be expected, many a window pane had to be replaced in this period, but at the same time this led to the Burger kids becoming excellent sportsmen representing their provincial sporting bodies in rugby, cricket, swimming, tennis, netball, athletics and mountain biking.

The highlight being 2003 when Schalk, the eldest son, was selected into the Springbok rugby team to participate at the 2003 Rugby World Cup and him and his dad becoming the 8th father and son combination of Springboks.

When Schalk snr decided to move to his wine farm Welbedacht in the district, it was the ideal time to turn Bradgate into a Manor house style guest house as he always thought the house was intended to be used. Painstakingly, the house was renovated adding a bathroom to every room as well as adding two extra rooms in the outbuildings. Most of the family antiques, furniture and paintings were left just as they had always been in the house and today Bradgate Manor comprises of many attributes to make the most discerning traveler at ease.