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Book Author: Picton-Seymour, Désirée Year: 1977 Title: Victorian Buildings in South Africa Place: Cape Town Publisher: AA Balkema A survey of the varied and exotic architectural styles of South African buildings constructed between 1850 and 1910 — a period loosely described as Victorian. But the scope is wider: for the period also covers the pre-1900 Transvaal Republican as well as the post-1900 Edwardian styles. These rich and varied styles are the author's main interest: the houses, churches, schools, public and commercial buildings are described and fully illustrated: so are the architects and builders, and the materials they used. During these great days of the British Empire places marked red on the map all had their share of almost interchangeable buildings; for this was the age of mass production and prefabrication, of cast-iron and corrugated-iron, materials ideally suited to the hotter climates, where weather conditions were often violent. Chosen from pattern books and from foundry catalogues, architects working in South Africa exploited the rich variety of prefabricated ironmongery, and imported these from Europe to adorn and support buildings in both town and countryside, often transported overland for hundreds of miles: lamps and lamp fittings; drinking fountains; poles, brackets, spandrils and railings for verandahs; window frames and fanlights; lettering and ornaments; conservatories and bandstands; spiral staircases; and whole shopping arcades. There are some 500 illustrations: most are photographs of buildings; and these are supplemented by more than a hundred of the author's drawings; together they provide a comprehensive visual record of extant buildings, with considerable detail. A great part of the work has been based upon personal observation, for Desiree Picton-Seymour has travelled widely, through the length and breadth of the country: driven by a manifest enthusiasm for her subject she has tracked down architectural Victoriana, and conscientiously built up the record: the result is this exhaustive and exciting book. The urgent need for a record of the fast-vanishing buildings of the past, says the author, provided the stimulus: "in my search for interesting buildings to draw, again and again I was confronted with the disappearance of a particular building I had remembered on some former visit to a city or dorp. 1 have drawn buildings since I could hold a pencil, and the highly ornate quality of late-nineteenth-century architecture seemed especially suited to my style. The patterned cast-iron verandahs and intricate roof-lines of these buildings were infinitely draw-able…" Link to WorldCat - find this book in a library near you Buildings linked to this book African Banking Corporation, n.d. : 1893 : 1900 : 1906 : 1912, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 54 Allan Shaw Building, after 1897, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 91 Bank of Africa, c1900, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 107 Begley Bros, 1895, Central, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 82*, 83 Bellvue Seminary, n.d., KwaNojoli (Somerset East), Eastern Cape. pp 215 Britannia Arcade, 1902, East London, Eastern Cape. pp 25, 220, 223 British Kaffrarian Savings Bank, 1908, Qonce (King William's Town), Eastern Cape. pp 227 Caledon Baths - Sanatorium - Hotel, pre-1905, Caledon, Western Cape. pp 148*, 149 Carl Herrmann Building, 1904, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 58 Christelike Jongelingen-Vereniging : Hofmeyrsaal, 1874, Stellenbosch, Western Cape. pp 136 ill, 139 Chubb and Maxwell Building, 1903, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 100 ill, 101 City Hall, 1906-1910, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. pp 250 ill, 251, 252 Coetzenburg, refurbishment, c1833 : 1893/1903, Stellenbosch, Western Cape. pp 134 ill, 135, 167 Collegiate School for Girls, 1900, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape. pp 197 Colonade Building, 1895, Central, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 61 Company Gardens, Hothouse, c1848, Central, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 23 Conservatory - Botanical Gardens, n.d., Qonce (King William's Town), Eastern Cape. pp 23 Court House - now Local History Museum, 1865, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. pp 237 Court House and Post Office (now the Tatham Art Gallery), 1864, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. pp 238 CP Nel Museum, previously Boys' High School, 1905-1907, Oudtshoorn, Western Cape. pp 161, 163* CW Ritter Building, 1900, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 91 Delponte Building, 1890s : 1896, Central, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 83 Dockyard Church - Second, St George's Dockyard Church, 1820-1824 : 1898, Simonstown, Western Cape. pp 77 [WO Jones, 1824 not 1864], 91 Driscoll's Corner, 1894, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 83-84 Durban Club, 1902, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. pp 38, 233, 235, 236, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245 Electricity Power Station, pre-1910, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. pp 244 Empire Hotel, 1894, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 84 Exploration Building, 1897, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 27, 39, 321, 322 ill Farmhouse and Barn for Nellmapius, c1889/99, Doornkloof, Irene, Gauteng. pp 301 Feathermarket Hall, 1885 : 1908 : 1993, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape. pp 181 Flat Iron Building – Thomson Watson Building, 1901, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 55, 68, 69 ill., 109 Fort England, including East Barracks - Later Lunatic Asylum, then Mental Hospital, 1815 : 1825 : 1894, Makhanda (Grahamstown), Eastern Cape. pp 211-212 Fort Klapperkop, 1896, Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng. pp 281 Fort Schanskop, 1896, Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng. pp 281 Fort Wonderboom, 1896, Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng. pp 281 General Post Office, 1900, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape. pp 189 General Post Office, 1897 : 1905, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 323, 324 ill, Goodwood Grandstand, 1905, Goodwood, Western Cape. pp 107 Government Building - Compol Police Museum, c1890, Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng. pp 278 ill Grey Hospital, 1859, Qonce (King William's Town), Eastern Cape. pp 225 Grey Institute, 1856, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape. pp 180, 192 Grey University College and School - now Grey College, 1906, Bloemfontein, Free State. pp 367 ill, 369 Guardian Assurance Company Building, 1901-1902, Central, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 88 Gymnasium, 1858, Paarl, Western Cape. pp 141 Harbour Board Offices, 1900, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 79 Harbour Board Offices, 1905, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape. pp 38, 193, 194 ill, 195 House C Foster - Fosters Villa, 1896, Rondebosch, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 117 House CL Andersson: Dolobran, 1905-1906, Parktown, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 329, 331 House De Witt - Montana Vista, c1898, Wynberg, Western Cape. pp 115 House FH Rees, 1907, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape. pp 195-197 House Fred Ayres, 1895, Rondebosch, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 117 House G Alexander, 1892, Central, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 58 House G Olivier: The Towers, 1902, Oudtshoorn, Western Cape. pp 156 ill House Galpin: Tower house, (now the Observatory Museum), 1850 : 1982, Makhanda (Grahamstown), Eastern Cape. pp 103-104 ill House George Heys, Melrose House, 1887, Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng. pp 281, 296 ill, 297 House J Holberg, n.d., Rondebosch, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 121 House J Loopuyt, 1904, Rondebosch, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 116 ill, 117 House JA Foster: Foster's Folly, 1902, Oudtshoorn, Western Cape. pp 155, 157 ill House Lind - Gottland House, 1902, Oudtshoorn, Western Cape. pp 155, 158 ill, 159 House P Bosman, 1896, Sea Point, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 117 House Parker - The Firs - Irma Stern Museum, n.d. : 1898, Mowbray, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 123 House PH Marais, Highbury, 1895, Wynberg, Western Cape. pp 117 & 121 House R Hunter - Hunters Villa, 1896, Kenilworth, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 117 House Sir George Grey - Zorgvliet, n.d., Oranjezicht, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 28, 30, 41, 167 House Storm - Senn Hütte, 1904, Kalk Bay, Western Cape. pp 121 House WJ Wills, 1905, Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha), Eastern Cape. pp 195 Huguenot Memorial Building, 1900 - 1903, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 107 International Hotel, 1884 : 1896 : 1899 : 1902, Gardens, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 84 Iziko South African Museum, 1893, Central, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 80 ill JW Jagger and Co Building and Warehouse, 1892 : 1895, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 82 ill, 83 Kamp's Café, pre-1903, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 58 Kimberley Girls' High School, 1905 : 1913, Kimberley, Northern Cape. pp 388 King Edward's Mansions, now King Edward Hotel, c1904, Donkin Reserve, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape. pp 196 ill, 197 Koch and Dixie building, 1891 : 1895 : 1899, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 83 Kraaifontein Hotel, n.d., Kraaifontein, Western Cape. pp 139, 141 Law Courts, now Supreme Court, 1906, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 112-113 Le Roux Townhouse, 1909-1910, Oudtshoorn, Western Cape. pp 155, 156 Lennon Ltd, now Gardens Pharmacy, c1896 : 1897, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 63 Lennon's Building, rebuilt, 1885/6 : 1895, Central, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 20, 21, 56*, 57, 63, 83 Lennon's Corner, 1895, Beaufort West, Western Cape. pp 169-170 Markham's Building, 1896, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 350 Marks Building, 1903-5, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 93, 94 ill McDonald & Vardy Building, 1880s, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape. pp 185 Memorial Road Synagogue, 1901, Kimberley, Northern Cape. pp 392 Metropolitan Methodist Church, 1876, Central, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 52, 53, 90, 149 Municipal Baths Long Street : Turkish Baths, 1908 : 1926, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 107 National Library of South Africa, Cape Town Campus, 1857 - 1864, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 40 ill, 41 Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, 1904, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 353 Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk - Moederkerk, 1863, Stellenbosch, Western Cape. pp 137, 138 ill Netherlands Bank - Second, 1896, Central, Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng. pp 292-293 Northwards, 1904 : 1912, Parktown, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 330 ill Opera House, 1894, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 57, 82 ill Opera House, 1903, Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng. pp 295, 301-302 Palace Building, 1889, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 303, 304 ill, 317, 318 ill Palmerston Hotel - Regent's Palace - Hotel Louis Botha, 1890; 1904, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 58 Parker's Buildings, 1903, Central, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 107 Pinehurst - House Edmeades, 1911, Oudtshoorn, Western Cape. pp 159 Post Office, 1891, Bloemfontein, Free State. pp 367 (ill) Post Office - First, 1887, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 318 ill, 323 President Kruger's house, 1883, Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng. pp 284-185 Prince Alfred's Guard Drill Hall, 1882, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape. pp 185, 187 ill, 188 ill, 189 ill Public Convenience, Chalet, 1895, Company Gardens, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 132 Raadsaal, 1889, Central, Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng. pp 4, 273, 275 ill, 276-279, 290 Railway Station Building, 1884, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape. pp 215 Rand Club - Third, 1902-1904 : 1935, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 337 ill, 339, 343, 347 Rotunda and Concert Hall Pavilion, 1902, Camps Bay, Western Cape. pp 99 Royal South Western Fever Hospital, c1899/1900, Oudtshoorn, Western Cape. pp 164 Rust-en-Vreugd, 1777 : c1970, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 130-131 SA News Building - Nasionale Pers, 1904 : 1937, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 109 School, nd, Clanwilliam, Western Cape. pp 397 Selwyn House, 1883, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape. pp 185 Settlers' Memorial Tower, c1905, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape. pp 197 Sir George Grey School, later Grey College, 1856, Bloemfontein, Free State. pp 369 Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, 1900, Simonstown, Western Cape. pp 77 St George's House, 1904, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 104 ill, 105 St John's Church, 1884, Wynberg, Western Cape. pp 131 St Mark's Anglican Cathedral, 1850, George, Western Cape. pp 45 St Mary's Cathedral, 1840-51 : 1864 : 1951, Central, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 41-43, 42 ill, 48, 58 Staatsmodel School, 1897, Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng. pp 281 Standard Bank, 1902-1904, Oudtshoorn, Western Cape. pp 160 ill, 161 State Bank and Mint, 1892-1893, Central, Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng. pp 290 Stellenberg Gates, n.d., Kenilworth, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 121 Telephone Exchange, 1904, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. pp 244 Theological Seminary - Kweekskool, c1900, Stellenbosch, Western Cape. pp 136 ill, 137 Town Hall, c1884, Sea Point, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 108 Town Hall, 1899, Wynberg, Western Cape. pp 109 Town Hall - City Hall, 1897-1899, East London, Eastern Cape. pp 220 ill Town Hall - now Rondebosch library, 1899, Rondebosch, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 109 Town Hall and Market Buildings, 1905, Cathcart, Eastern Cape. pp 222 Victoria College - Old Main Building - Ou Hoofgebou, 1886, Stellenbosch, Western Cape. pp 134 ill, 135 Victoria Cottage Hospital, 1889 : 1892 : 1917 : 1931 : 1961 : 1972 : 2013, Wynberg, Western Cape. pp 101 Victoria Memorial Home, 1902, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape. pp 193 Volkshospitaal, 1890, Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng. pp 281 Volunteer Drill Hall, 1884 : 1888-1889, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 21 Wellington Fruit Growers building, 1902 : 1934, Central, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 94, 95 ill Westminster Estate Buildings: The Big House, 1904, Tweespruit, Free State. pp 377 White House Hotel / Strand Apartments, n.d.: 1891: 1893 : 1900 : 1911 : 1927, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 68 White, Ryan and Co – Eastern Province Bldg Soc Building, 1898, Central, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 61 YWCA, Long St, 1886, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 63 People or firms linked to this book ALEXANDER, George Murray. pp 57, 58, 82-3 ill, 85, 109 ARMSTRONG, J. pp 211 BISSET, James. pp 45, 166 BULLOCK, Charles. pp 155, 156, 157, 159, 161, 163 CHERRY, Frederick (Fred). pp 79, 81, 108, 126, 147, 149, 171 CLARIDGE and SIMMONDS. pp 287, 296 CUTHBERT, Charles Davenport. pp 353 DE WITT, Anthony (Antonie) Mauritz. pp 7, 21, 38, 54, 56*, 57, 61, 63, 82*, 83, 84, 97, 100*, 101, 107 , 115, 116*, 117, 121, 131, 135, 139, 141, 142, 148, 149, 166, 171 DE ZWAAN, Wilhelm (Wim) Johannes. pp 292*, 293, 295, 296, 299, 301 DONALDSON, John Stanislaus. pp 303, 304, 317, 318, 319, 363 DRAIBY, Frederick Marius Rasmussen. pp ELLIS, John. pp 295, 297 FREEMAN, Charles AS. pp 20, 27, 33, 38, 46-54, 57-58, 61-63, 65-66, 68, 70-73, 79, 81, 85, 90-91, 131, 139, 143, 146-147, 149, 164-166, 169, 171-173, 237, 254-255, 269, 298, 346, 347-349, 355, 369, 371 GALPIN, Henry Carter. pp 23, 203-204 GOODWIN, SMALL and CUTHBERT. pp 353 GRANT, William Hood (Billy). pp ??? GRAY, Sophia Wharton Myddleton (Sophy). pp 5, 43, 44, 45, 47, 74, 97, 139, 149, 150, 151, 152, 155, 161, 166, 171, 192, 217, 225, 226, 255, 256, 257, 363, 397 GREY, Sir George. pp 28, 41, 193, 255, 369 HAGER, Carl Otto. pp 137, 138 ill, 161, 162 ill, 357, 397 HESSE, Folkert Wilko. pp 135, 136 ill HOETS, John George Douglas. pp 375 HOETS and WEBB. pp 375 JONES, Victor Thomas. pp 5, 193-196, 321 JONES and McWILLIAMS. pp 193, 194, 195 KITCH, W. pp 57 KNOX, Edward Baldwin John. pp 54 LINDHORST, Johannes Victor. pp 318 LUCAS, William. pp 259, 263, 265, 266, 267 MacGILLIVRAY, Donald. pp 107 MacGILLIVRAY and GRANT. pp 35, 107, 108, 249, 251 McCOWAT, Robert Lockhart. pp 345, 352-353 McINTOSH and MOFFAT. pp 295, 301-302, 343, 345, 353 MIDDLETON, Orlando. pp 197 MILES, William Henry. pp 181 MITCHELL, Charles R. pp 251-252 PARKER, John. pp PATERSON, Peter. pp 48, 237, 238 (ill), 239, 254 (ill), 255, 298 PILKINGTON, George (Captain). pp PRYNNE, George Halford Fellowes. pp REID and EAST (AH and W REID and EAST). pp 343 REID, AH and W. pp 57, 102, 115, 129, 220, 223, 231, 232, 344, 370, 371 ROBERTSON, Robert MacBeth. pp 58, 77, 91, 92, 134 ill, 135, 136 ill, 137, 139, 171 ROSENBERG, Maximilian (Max). pp 58, 81 SANTRY, Denis. pp 107 SEELIGER, Johann Carl Ernst. pp 79, 81, 109, 123 SIMMONDS, JW Leslie. pp 303 SMITH, George William. pp 185, 193 SMITH and DEWAR. pp 185, 188, 189, 193, 197 SMITH, SONS and DEWAR. pp 196 SOFF, Francois (Frans). pp 295, 296, 299, 369 SPARMANN, Carel. pp 41, 42 STOTT and KIRKBY. pp 244, 249, 251, 252, 255, 269, 271 STREET-WILSON, William. pp 239, 245, 252 STREET-WILSON and BARR. pp STREET-WILSON and FYFE. pp 257, 259, 261 ill, 262 ill, 263 TILL, JH and AE. pp 352, 360, 376 TIMLIN, William Mitcheson. pp 388 TORSTENSON, Martin Bergman. pp TUCKER, John Scott. pp 48, 49 VAN RIJSSE, Klaas (jnr). pp 275, 283, 284, 287*, 297*, 299 VIXSEBOXSE, Johannes Egbertus. pp 80*, 81, 155, 159*, 161, 163*, 276, 295, 365, 367* WELLMAN, Ernest James. pp 112, 244, 321 WENTINK, Dirk Egbert. pp 295, 365, 367* WEST, James Pender. pp 211, 221, 222, 229 WILLIAMS, Alfred CB. pp 319 WOCKE, Richard Carl George Theodor (Snr). pp WYERS, Jan Brink. pp 295, 297*, 299