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Woolsack House, Rondebosch

Coordinates
-33.9550, 18.4670
Updated
18 Apr 2019
Woolsack House, Rondebosch

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Woolsack Drive is next to Rosebank and is located in City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Woolsack Drive has a length of 0.02 kilometres.
This Residence, with its interesting mixture of Cape Dutch and neo-classical features, was Rebuilt by Sir Herbert Baker for the use of Poets and Artists on the instructions of Cecil John Rhodes. Rudyard Kipling and his family stayed here during the Summer.

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Woolsack House, Rondebosch

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  1. 019/2/111/0110 http://za.geoview.info/woolsack_drive,4258118w

Last updated · 18 Apr 2019

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South African History Online. (2019, February 15). Woolsack House, Rondebosch. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0125718

South African History Online (2019) 'Woolsack House, Rondebosch', South African History Online, 15 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0125718 (Accessed: 19 October 2026).

South African History Online, Woolsack House, Rondebosch [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0125718, (accessed 19 October 2026).

"Woolsack House, Rondebosch." South African History Online, 15 Feb. 2019, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0125718. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

South African History Online. "Woolsack House, Rondebosch." South African History Online. February 15, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0125718.

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