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Click to view large map Coordinates: | The original building was designed by Fergus Carstairs ROGERS in 1905. Additions were done by Vivian Sydney REES-POOLE some time before 1933 as they were mentioned in his FRIBA nomination papers of that year. In 1933 'a rebuilding of the tower of the main building to hold a fine four-face clock' (SAB Aug 1933:41) accredited to William Mitcheson TIMLIN. In the centre of the Main Block is a Memorial to the Old Boys who were killed in the First World War. (Diamond Field Advertiser Christmas Number 1905; WW in Arch 1914; LRIBA nom papers 1925; FRIBA nom papers 1933; SAB Aug 1933:41) ------------------- The school was established on 8 September 1897, with 15 pupils and one classroom attached to a private house. By 1899 the number of pupils had risen to 100 and in 1901 a new wing was added. A new building designed by Rogers and Ross, in which the school still flourishes, was erected in 1905 by the builders Church and MacLauchlin, and housed the classrooms as well as a boarding school. The chapel, designed by Mr GL O’Connor, a Dublin architect, was opened in 1923. The clock tower was built in 1933 as a memorial to the dead of World War 1. (Summary by Paul v d Merwe from: kimberley.org.za) 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. References:
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