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PlaceGlenara, Burg Street, Rondebosch
This impressive Victorian double-storeyed house was designed by the architect AW Ackerman, and built by one Mannix for Louis Antony Vintsent in 1882-3. The…
PlaceRondebosch Common, Camp Ground Road, Rondebosch.
This was situated almost opposite the Rustenburg Estate, and was used as a camping ground by Batavian forces during the first British invasion of the Cape…
PlaceRondebosch Fountain, Main Road, Rondebosch.
The fountain was, in reality, only an ornamental trough used for the watering of horses, and consists of a round cast-iron drinking bowl supported on legs in…
PlaceSt Paul’s Anglican Church, Main Road, Rondebosch
The land upon which this church was erected was granted by Governor Sir Lowrie Cole on 30 August 1832. The original neo-Gothic structure was opened on 16…
PlaceRustenburg House, together with its Summer House, Main Road, Rondebosch.
When the VoC granted land in Rondebosch to the first free Burghers, Governor Jan van Riebeeck reserved a piece of this Land to be used as an Orchard by the…
PlaceMiddle Campus, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch
The Upper, Middle and Lower Campuses together are often referred to as the 'main campus' The Campus as it stands today was laid out by architect J.M. Soloman…
PlaceGroote Schuur Campus, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch
This unique group of buildings known as the Groote Schuur campus of the University of Cape Town, was built in the classical revival style and together with its…
PlaceTimour Hall Primary School, Plumstead
In the early 1900’s land was set aside by the owners at Timour Hall Estate for the establishment of a school. The first structure was a wood and iron building…
PlaceThe Mead and Meadway, Pinelands-Cape Town
The land was granted to the Garden Cities Trust in 1919 and was capitalised in part by a member of the trust, namely Richard Stuttaford of Stuttaford’s fame…
PlaceHopkins Street 64-66, Parow
These two double-storey dwellings were erected in 1910 by George Thomas Hopkins. They have a number of fine Edwardian and Victorian architectural features…
PlacePump House, corner Prince and Sir George Grey Streets, Oranjezicht.
From the 17th century onwards, water for Cape Town's domestic use was fetched by slaves from public fountains. The Pump House was named as such because it is…
PlaceMuritai House, 22 Sophia Street, Oranjezicht
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 12 May 1989.
PlaceBelvedere Avenue 21, Oranjezicht
This double-storey building was erected shortly after the turn of the 20th century and has a number of fine neo-classical and Victorian architectural features…
PlaceVictorian dwelling, 15 Belvedere Avenue, Oranjezicht
The House was Erected at the turn of the 19th Century and is one of the earliest Structures to have been Built in Belvedere Avenue, itself an Architecturally…
PlaceVictorian dwelling, 7 Belvedere Avenue, Oranjezicht
The double-storey Structure was erected soon after the turn of the 20th Century, and is endowed with a number of prominent Architectural features including…
PlaceSt Cyprian’s School, Gorge Road, Oranjezicht
The Gateway and Walls of this property date from the end of the 18th Century and are situated on a portion of the Historic Nooitgedacht Estate, in Nooitgedacht…
PlaceDe Waal Park, Camp Street, Oranjezicht
The land was originally part of the van 'Breda Estate'' in Oranjezicht, and was purchased by the Town Council of Cape Town in 1877 for the building of the…
PlaceValkenburg Hospital, Observatory
The Building, originally designed in a Cape Dutch style and is one of the oldest Farmhouses surviving along the Liesbeek River. Its original construction dates…
PlaceWrensch House, 77 Lower Wrench Road, Observatory
The main building, as well as some of its outbuildings, date from the last quarter of the 18th century, but subsequent additions have given it an overlay of…
PlaceLong Cottage, Newlands Avenue, Newlands
Newlands House originally formed part of the historic estate established in 1751 by Governor Ryk Tulbagh. Long Cottage was built as the slave quarters and…
PlaceMill House, Boundary Road, Newlands
This double-storey mill and private residence was erected by Jacob Letterstedt in the 1840's. It now forms an integral part of the historic Josephine Mill…
PlaceJosephine Mill, Boundary Road, Newlands
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 15 December 1978. Newlands in Cape Town is home to the Josephine Mill which was built in 1840…
PlaceThe Red House, Hiddingh Avenue, Newlands
The Red House is one of South Africa's oldest buildings, having been built in 1729. Lord Charles Somerset lived here and so did the Mayor of Claremont. It was…
PlaceVineyard Hotel, Colington Road, Newlands
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 18 February 1977.Over the past two Centuries, The Vineyard has proudly evolved into one of the…
PlaceBoshof House, Boshof Avenue, Newlands
The building was erected on a portion of the historic Boshof Farm, owned by Alexander van Breda. Its construction dates from the early 19th century, and it was…
PlaceRailway Station, Muizenberg
This impressive building surmounted by a Clock Tower was built in 1912-13 and was officially opened on 7 June 1913 by the Minister of Railways & Harbours, Mr…
PlaceBeach houses, Main Road, Muizenberg
These properties, located between Muizenberg and St James, are the only remaining concentration of early 20th century Edwardian beach houses in South Africa,…
PlaceCasa Labia,198 Main Road, Muizenberg
Clifford Hume Knight purchased the land in 1901, and subsequently built his residence upon it, a large dwelling designed in a neo-Renaissance style with…
PlaceRhodes Cottage, Main Road, Muizenberg
The cottage formerly used by Cecil John Rhodes, stands on the main road to Simonstown, between Muizenberg and St James. Formerly known as Barkly Cottage, it…
PlaceMowbray Town Hall, Main Road, Mowbray
This impressive structure with prominent Flemish-Renaissance features, was designed by architect JC Tully, of Tully & Waters, and was erected in 1900. It was…