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Click to view map Coordinates: | (BC 206.428; SAB Aug 1926:37; AB&E Sep 1927: 8, 9 ill) Designed by FE MASEY in 1901, changes were made by FK KENDALL in 1927. Foyer inscription reads: This house was erected by Building is tripartite Classical Italianate Renaissance style. Comprises a ground floor of rusticated Cape granite coursed ashlar banded at entrance, wrought iron gates, Burmese teak windows and doors with Cape Revival Ironmongery. Upper floors are of banded red sandstone and at 3rd floor level recessed giant order Ionic columns, balustrade and cornice. Top floors are bracketed by twin square copper roofed turrets and feature attic dormers. An eclectic yet harmonious melange of Arts-and-Crafts, Florencian palazzo and Cape Dutch Revival. When Rennie inspected it in Nov 1977, it was called Syfrets and Syfrets Bank. St George's Street was renamed St George's Mall when it was closed to vehicular traffic in the 1990s. London & Lancashire House is one of four historical buildings that were restored and integrated around a modern tower block, named Mandela Rhodes Place, circa 2002. The complex houses a hotel, offices and shops. 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 London and Lancashire House – Syfrets and Syfrets Bank
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