Contact Artefacts please if you have any comments or more information regarding this record.	Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon		House Wynand Louw - Die Hoogte Paarl, Western Cape Wynand Hendrik LOUW: Architect

Date: 1914-1918 Type: Homestead Status: Extant   Click to view large map Coordinates: 33°45'43.21" S 18°57'39.94" E Alt: 143m

See more photographs On completion of the house, Wynand Louw did not take occupation of his home and it was temporarily used as a hospital. It was in the middle of a pandemic and at that time Paarl had no hospital. (Johann Claassen, 2021) 'Die Hoogte' designed by pioneer architect W H Louw as his private residence in 1914, is located on a piece of the family farm, Laborie. A fine example of the Arts and Crafts Movement, the design of W H Louw's residence reflects the high standards of its time. It is characterised by the use of local granite in unfinished as well as semi-rough and smoothly finished form, combined with textured plaster finishes, natural clay tiles, custom-made joinery and leadlight glazing. (Courtesy of Cape Town Heritage Foundation).