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Claridges Hotel Cape Town, Western Cape BLACK and FAGG: Architect Frederick (Fred) CHERRY: Architect 1893 George RANSOME: Architect 1894

Date: n.d. : 1893 : 1903 Type: Hotel Status: Repurposed Street: Plein/Roeland Sts

1893: Addition of billiard room by Fred CHERRY (Pryce-Lewis list 2 677). 1894: Alterations and additions done by G RANSOME (Pryce-Lewis list 2 988). The hotel closed in 1928 and was reconstructed to accommodate the South African College of Music and Art School. References: 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 Johannesburg: Unpublished Ph.D thesis.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 252 Walker, Michael. 2015. Old hotels of Cape Town (1890-1911), The : A history long forgotten, seldom told. St James: Published Privately. pg 33, 69