Contact Artefacts please if you have any comments or more information regarding this record.	Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon		Town Hall uMnambithi (Ladysmith), KwaZulu-Natal Robert WALKER: Architect 1893 STREET-WILSON and FYFE: Architect 1894 tower William LUCAS: Architect 1902 restoration COOK and RALSTON: Architect 1917

Date: 1893 : 1894 : 1902 : 1917 Type: Town Hall Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 28°33'34.42" S 29°46'48.48" E Alt: 1011m

(SAWW 1910; Jnl ATA Jun 1917:74, 80 ill) The Town Hall was designed in 1893 by Robert WALKER, the (Ladysmith survey 1993) says he worked with SINGLETON. A tower was added in 1894 by STREET-WILSON and FYFE. In 1902 restoration work was carried out by William LUCAS after war damage. In 1917 interesting internal alterations were carried out by COOK & RALSTON. The hall was rebuilt at the rear and a pleasant entrance atrium took its place. (Kearney 1973:54) 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 Town Hall Gaylard, Shaun & McDougall, Brett . 2022. RSA 365 : 365 Drawings of South African Architecture. Johannesburg: Blank Ink Design. pg 66 ill Greig, Doreen. 1971. A Guide to Architecture in South Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pg 168 Hillebrand, Melanie. 1975. Aspects of architecture in Natal, 1880-1914. Pietermaritzburg: Unpublished MA. Dept Fine Art and History of Art, University of Natal. pg 88 Kearney, Brian. 1973. Architecture in Natal from 1824-1893. Cape Town: Balkema. pg 54, 212 ill, 213 ill