Contact Artefacts please if you have any comments or more information regarding this record.			Kat Balcony, Castle of Good Hope Central, Cape Town, Western Cape Louis Michel THIBAULT: Architect

Date: 1695 : 1785 Type: Castle Style: Baroque Status: Extant Street: Castle Courtyard   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°55'33.04" S 18°25'39.37" E

The Kat Balcony at the Castle of Good Hope, entrance to the Governor's quarters. It was originally built in 1695 but remodelled in Baroque style in 1785. Proclamations were traditionally read from the balcony. The vertical sundial on the wall is numbered clockwise showing that the structure is in the Southern Hemisphere. (Wikimedia Commons, accessed 2022 05 09) These notes were last edited on 2022 05 09 Writings about this entry Greig, Doreen. 1971. A Guide to Architecture in South Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pg 89 Hartdegen, Paddy. 1988. Our building heritage : an illustrated history. South Africa: Ryll's Pub. Co. on behalf of the National Development Fund for the Building Industry. pg 36 Trotter, Alys Fane. 1900. Old colonial houses of the Cape of Good Hope : illustrated and described. London: B. T. Batsford. pg 12, Plate X Mullins, FW Fig. 30. Sculpture on Kat Balcony The Castle, Cape Town: in Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott. 1957. Eighteenth century architecture in South Africa: pp 34 Elliot, Arthur (Photographer) Plate 4. The Castle, Cape Town. Kat Balcony, entrance door [photo]: in Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott. 1957. Eighteenth century architecture in South Africa: pp 54 Fassler, J Plate 5. The Castle, Cape Town. Kat Balcony, The entrance door to large hall [FW Mullins Mens et Delt Redrawn J Fassler]: in Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott. 1957. Eighteenth century architecture in South Africa: pp 55 Fassler, J Plate 6. The Castle, Cape Town. Details of the Kat Balcony [Fassler Delt]: in Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott. 1957. Eighteenth century architecture in South Africa: pp 56