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Date: 1879 : 1906 Client: Mrs S Jamison | W Pocock Type: Homestead Status: Extant Street: 4 Main Rd   Click to view large map Coordinates: 34°06'57.93" S 18°27'42.78" E Alt: 14m

A former whaler's cottage. Built in 1879 by Mrs Jamison (nee Hidding) as a coachhouse and stables for 'Carisbrooke'. The next owner, Mr William Searle (1893) converted it into a home. Subsequent owners were William Pocock (1908), George William Forrest (1919) (who changed the name to Corriemar), Leah Cumes (1928), Gaisford Harrison (1936), his daughter Paddy Harrison (1953). Declared a National Monument in 1991. (Source: Kalk Bay Heritage Association, Bulletin 6.)