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Groote Kerk Office Building Central Cape Town, Western Cape James BISSET: Architect

Date: 1862 Type: Offices Status: Demolished Street: Adderley/Bureau Sts   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°55'28.29" S 18°25'15.59" E Alt: 28m

The 'Rococo' Sexton's House of the Groote Kerk situated on Adderley Street was demolished and replaced c. 1862 by a double storeyed office building to the design of J Bisset. This was also demolished and replaced by the Groote Kerk Gebou in 1938. (Radford 1979:230) Books that reference Groote Kerk Office Building Radford, D. 1979. The architecture of the Western Cape, 1838-1901. A study of the impact of Victorian aesthetics and technology on South African architecture. Johannesburg: Unpublished Ph.D thesis. Dept of Arch. University of the Witwatersrand. pg 230