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Clyde House
Beaufort West, Western Cape

Date:c1845
Type:Homestead
Status:Extant

 


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Coordinates:
32°20'46.70" S 22°34'56.68" E Alt: 856m

Built c1845 by Dr James Christie but almost certainly changed in the 1880s. Round the turn of the century it was a police station.
(Fransen 2004:551)

2015: Karoo Backpackers.


Books and articles that reference Clyde House

Fransen, Hans. 2004. The old buildings of the Cape. A survey of extant architecture from before c1910 in the area of Cape Town - Calvinia - Colesberg - Uitenhage. Johannesburg & Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers. pg 551
Richardson, Deirdré. 2001. Historic Sites of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. pg 67