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Date: n.d. : 1896 Type: Homestead Status: Extant   Click to view large map Coordinates:

In 1878 Groote Schuur was bought by Hester van der Byl who changed the name to The Grange. In 1891 Cecil Rhodes leased The Grange from her, then bought it in 1893 and restored the name Groote Schuur. The house was razed by fire in 1896 and rebuilt by Herbert BAKER on the instruction of Rhodes. For more on the house see Wikipedia. References: Baker, Herbert. 1944. Architecture & personalities. London: Country Life. pg 24, b&w photos, 30-34 Bakker, Karel A, Clarke, Nicholas J & Fisher, Roger C. 2014. Eclectic ZA Wilhelmiens : A shared Dutch built heritage in South Africa. Pretoria: Visual Books. pg 208 Duncan, Paul & Proust, Alain. 2013. Hidden Cape Town. Cape Town: Random House Struik. pg 216-225 Gaylard, Shaun & McDougall, Brett . 2022. RSA 365 : 365 Drawings of South African Architecture. Johannesburg: Blank Ink Design. pg 72-73 ill, 73 Greig, Doreen. 1971. A Guide to Architecture in South Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pg 214-215 Greig, Doreen. 1970. Herbert Baker in South Africa. Cape Town: PURNELL. pg 51-58 Le Roux, WJ (Editor). 1970. Groote Schuur ; Woning van Suid-Afrika se Eerste Minister / Residence of South Africa's Prime Minister. Pretoria: Department of Information. pg All Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott. 1957. Eighteenth century architecture in South Africa. London: Batsford. pg 1, 38, 47; Plates 10, 47, 65, 84, 85 Simons, Phillida Brooke, Proust, Alain & Martin, Leni. 1996. Groote Schuur : Great Granary to Stately Home. Cape Town: Fernwood Press. pg All Stewart, John . 2021. Sir Herbert Baker : architect to the British Empire. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc.. pg 23, 24-25, 27, 29, 30, 32, 36, 38, 39 ill, 40, 47, 49, 54, 56, 69, 71, 84, 94-95, 121, 189 Trotter, Alys Fane. 1928. Old Cape Colony. A chronicle of her men and houses from 1652 to 1806. London: Selwyn & Blount. pg 28 Trotter, Alys Fane. 1900. Old colonial houses of the Cape of Good Hope : illustrated and described. London: B. T. Batsford. pg 16, Plate XXXIV Viney, Graham with Proust, Alain (Photography). 1987. Colonial houses of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik-Winchester. pg 169-183 Walker, Michael. 2012. Early architects of Cape Town and their buildings (1820 - 1926) with postcard illustrations, The. St James: Michael Walker. pg 90-91