Western Cape

  Kookfontein’s Sauvignon Blanc is grown on the Northern bank of the Jackals Creek, near the rustic seaside town o...

Gydo Pass is situated in the Western Cape, province of South Africa on the Regional road R303 between Ceres and Citrusda...

Doringbaai is a picturesque little Town on the Cape West Coast near Strandfontein and Langebaan, about 300 km West of Ca...

Holiday resort at Mossel Bay, named after two steel tanks- Afrikaans: 'bakke', installed to hold water piped fro...

Not the Philadelphia one attributes to the Eastern parts of North America, this Philadelphia lies but 20 minutes outside...

Plumstead was developed on the site of an old VOC Military Camp some 13km South of Cape Town and, by 1823, was already a...

This unique building dates from 1904 and was originally erected as a concert and dance hall. One of its surviving featur...

Johann Georg Rathfelder was born in Stuttgart in 1811 and emigrated to the Cape in 1835. Following his marriage in the c...

The village of Mowbray was established in about 1853 on the farm Welgelegen, in an area more commonly known as Drie Kopp...

The racially segregated suburb of Ndabeni was established in about May 1901 near Maitland,North of Pinelands and some 8 ...

Ottery was probably established in 1904 as a residential suburb of Cape Town. The railway line from Maitland reached Ott...

The Settlement of Green Point was established sometime before June 1846, and in 1870 its name was changed to Somerset Ro...

This double-storey building was erected shortly after the turn of the 20th century and has a number of fine neo-classica...

It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 12 May 1989.

From the 17th century onwards, water for Cape Town's domestic use was fetched by slaves from public fountains. The Pump ...

These two double-storey dwellings were erected in 1910 by George Thomas Hopkins. They have a number of fine Edwardian an...

The land was granted to the Garden Cities Trust in 1919 and was capitalised in part by a member of the trust, namely Ric...

This unique group of buildings known as the Groote Schuur campus of the University of Cape Town, was built in the classi...

The Upper, Middle and Lower Campuses together are often referred to as the 'main campus' The Campus as it stands today ...

When the VoC granted land in Rondebosch to the first free Burghers, Governor Jan van Riebeeck reserved a piece of this L...

The land upon which this church was erected was granted by Governor Sir Lowrie Cole on 30 August 1832. The original neo-...

The fountain was, in reality, only an ornamental trough used for the watering of horses, and consists of a round cast-ir...

This impressive Victorian double-storeyed house was designed by the architect AW Ackerman, and built by one Mannix for L...

The circular tower was erected in 1796 on the orders of James Craig to improve the defence system of Simonstown. It has ...

This is an imposing double-storey structure, erected in about 1785. From 1886 it was used as a military barracks and lat...

It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 18 February 1977.

This double-storeyed structure was erected as a Rectory and Vicarage, in 1815 by building contractor, Herman Schutte, an...

This building was originally erected in the 18th century as a set of stables on the well-known Oaklands property. Shortl...

This sandstone structure dates from 1902 when it was designed by Herbert Baker for De Beer Cold Storage Syndicate, a mea...

The double-storeyed building dates from 1803 and retains a number of fine Georgian and Victorian features. It was declar...

The grounds of this property originally formed part of the Studlands estate which had been granted to JP Eksteen on 5 Ma...

It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 25 July 1969. Welcome Cottage, Glencairn, Simonstown. T...

The building was erected in 1776 with Christoffel Brand as its first occupant. Admiral Lord Nelson is presumed to be one...

It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 22 August 1969. Wynberg Military Base is, with the exc...

It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 6 September 1985.

The house was originally known as Oosterzee and was built by PAM Cloete shortly after the South African War. Shortly the...

The Structure was erected at the turn of the 20th Century and has prominent Victorian Architectural features. It was dec...

This impressive manor house with late Victorian and neo-classic architectural details was designed by Herbert Baker&nbsp...

Both 60 and 62 originally formed part of the farm owned by K.S. de Villiers, known as the land baron of the area. He die...

The Residence was Built on a Site upon which two of the earliest Cottages in Kalk Bay already stood, the first having be...