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Cedara College of Agriculture, originally School of Agriculture and Forestry
Cedara, KwaZulu-Natal

John Stockwin CLELAND: Architect 1905
STOTT and KIRKBY: Architect 1904-1906

Date:1905
Type:College
Status:Extant

 


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Coordinates:
29°32'51.70" S 30°16'00.02" E Alt: 1112m

The building is accredited to John Stockwin CLELAND and STOTT and KIRKBY, they may have worked in collaboration or designed different buildings for the college. [verification needed]

Name is said to be the corruption of a Sotho word meaning 'the place where nothing grows'. Cedara College of Agriculture is an agricultural college and research station near Howick, KwaZulu-Natal, founded partly by Thomas Robertson Sim. The foundation stone of the "School of Agriculture and Forestry" was laid on 28 April 1905. See Wikipedia and KZN Agriculture.

The Old Hostel Building was declared a National Monument in March 1989 and is now a Provincial Heritage Site.

(FRIBA nom papers 1925; SAMBF Jnl Jun 1905:29-30; NWW 1906)

All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon.


Books that reference Cedara College of Agriculture, originally School of Agriculture and Forestry

Hillebrand, Melanie. 1975. Aspects of architecture in Natal, 1880-1914. Pietermaritzburg: Unpublished MA. Dept Fine Art and History of Art, University of Natal. pg 183
Potgieter, DJ (Editor-in-chief). 1971. Standard Encyclopaedia of South Africa [SESA] Volume 3 Cal-Dev. Cape Town: Nasou. pg 135