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		Villa Capri St James, Western Cape Frederick (Fred) CHERRY: Architect Hubert Luscombe ROBERTS: Architect Additions 1929

Date: 1814 : 1923 : 1929 Client: JH Muller : Martin Nugent : FH Trill Type: Homestead Status: Extant Street: Capri Rd   Click to view large map Coordinates: 34°07'12.01" S 18°27'22.50" E Alt: 14m

Built on ground granted to whaler JH Muller in 1807 as grazing land. His business closed down in 1853. It served as a holiday cottage for innkeeper George Rathfelder, brewer Anders Ohlsson and GJ Findlay. Findlay sold it to entrepreneur Stephen Trill. 1929: Additions and steps by architect ROBERTS for FH Trill. 1940: Application for conversion into flats was turned down due to new height restriction laws after the Bellemer Flats debacle. Damaged by fire in 1948. Summary by Paul v d Merwe from: A heritage survey of the built environment and other conservation-worthy objects in Lakeside, Muizenberg and St James. Commissioned by Muizenberg Historical Conservation Society. Compiled by H. Fransen. 2011.