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Date: n.d. Type: Homestead Status: Adaptive re-use   Click to view large map Coordinates: 26°11'48.23" S 28°04'53.66" E Alt: 1772m

See more photographs It was a residence for the Dix family with public rooms on the ground floor, kitchen and pantry, and four bedrooms on the first floor with a single bathroom. Today the house has something of an institutional feel, as the centre spills out into rambling outbuildings, annexes and additions. The Ropka Trust purchased the Dix house in 1992 and has established a strong humanitarian presence in Kensington. It is the oldest of the established Buddhist centres in Southern Africa. The house is now The Kagye Samye Dzong, Tibetan Buddhist Monastery and Centre (Extracted from A secret heritage home on the Kensington ridge, August 16, 2021 by Kathy Munro on The Heritage Portal.