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Date: 1882 Type: Homestead Status: Extant Street: Herschel Walk   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°59'52.41" S 18°27'26.83" E Alt: 85m

c1881 French Victorian era private home of the Countess Labia filled with an important art collection and antique furniture. This house is one of the major surviving examples of high Victorian style domestic architecture in Cape Town. Research from Andrew Jones, @ Cape Town Heritage Foundation, (formerly Simon vd Stel Foundation). Submitted by Nikki Zigras. Books that reference Hawthornden Johnson, Brian Andrew. 1979. An art historical study of the architecture of the Southern Cape Peninsula, 1880-1913 : houses and small business premises. : Unpublished Thesis UNISA. pg 438 Viney, Graham with Proust, Alain (Photography). 1987. Colonial houses of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik-Winchester. pg 133-145