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Blockhouse Thaba Tshwane (Robert's Heights; Voortrekkerhoogte), Gauteng ROYAL ENGINEERS: Architect

Date: 1900 Client: British Military Type: Blockhouse Style: Military structure : Industrial Archaeology Status: Extant

This is the only octagonal Rice Pattern Blockhouse extant at its original location, built to protect the barracks located there once the British forces had occupied Pretoria in 1900. The building is recorded by Green (2022:124) as being occupied and in the process of decay and imminent collapse, with loopholes removed and sealed for weather-proofing. Books and articles that reference Blockhouse Alberts, Paul. 1992. South African military buildings photographed : an historical heritage. Cape Town: The Gallery Press. pg 110, 111 ill Green, Simon C . 2022. Anglo-Boer War blockhouses : a field guide. Johannesburg: Porcupine Press. pg 123-124