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Jul 14, 2011

Victorian dwelling, 15 Alexandra Road, Kenilworth

The House dates from the latter part of the 19th Century and has some fine Bay Windows. It was declared a National Monum...

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Jul 14, 2011

Beau Soleil Music Centre, Salisbury Road, Kenilworth

The original portion of this double-storey manor house was built by Dirk Cloete in 1877, and boasts of a number of fine ...

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Jul 14, 2011

Stellenberg, Stellenberg Avenue, Kenilworth

The Cape Dutch Homestead known as Stellenberg has played many roles during its long and interesting History – Farm dwell...

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Jul 14, 2011

Longkloof, Main Road, Hout Bay

The building dates from the late 19th century when it served as the wine cellar on the farm Moddergat, then owned by the...

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Jul 14, 2011

Kronendal, Main Road, Hout Bay.

The estate of Kronendal was part of land granted to Willem Basson in 1713, although it was only developed as a farm towa...

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Jul 14, 2011

Oak-Villa Cottage, Baviaanskloof Road

Oak Villa is one of the first townhouses in Hout Bay and the first to be erected in the Baviaanskloof area. The original...

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Jul 14, 2011

Grove Road 4, Green Point

Construction of this dwelling dates from the late 19th century and it is a good example of Victorian architecture. It wa...

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Jul 14, 2011

Fort Wynyard

On June 11, 1795, a squadron of British warships anchored in False Bay. In reaction the commander of the Cape forces ord...

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Jul 14, 2011

Lighthouse, Beach Road, Green Point

The lighthouse, which was probably designed and built by Hermann Schutte, is the oldest structure of its kind in South A...

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Jul 14, 2011

New Somerset Hospital, Beach Road, Green Point

The building was opened in 1862 and in its time was the first teaching hospital in South Africa. It was declared a Natio...

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Jul 14, 2011

Woutersen Vault, Wessels Road, Green Point.

The vault is huge, well looked after, with a fence that nobody can cross!  It was erected in 1827 by the widow of P...

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Jul 14, 2011

De Goede Verwachting, 17 Cavalcade Road, Green Point

The land, which included the whole of Green Point, was granted in 1814 to David Kuuhle. Construction of the house probab...

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Jul 14, 2011

Ravenswood House, Hatfield Street, Gardens

Ravenswood House is the only known example in Cape Town of the late classical Georgian Architectural Style of the beginn...

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Jul 14, 2011

Victorian dwellings, 135-137 Hatfield Street, Gardens

This row, of Double-storey Semi-detached Residences is presumed to have been erected in 1881 as part of a speculative Ho...

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Jul 14, 2011

Victorian dwelling, 5 Upper Union Street, Gardens

The House was originally designed as a single-storey structure and was extended in 1912 when a second storey was added. ...

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