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9/2/406/0021. Coniston, 1 Harvey Street, Dundee. Single-storey house; corrugated iron roof; walls of unplastered brick; two gables with ventilators. A Mr Talbot, the first pharmacist in Natal, had it built in 1906 during a building boom. It was built as Type of site: House Current use: homestead.
Falcon House, 21 Durban Road, Wynberg, Cape Town Free-standing single storey cottage with attic; a large full hipped corrugated iron roof; sash windows (12 panes) and casement windows to attic; double leafed door with fanlight; curved verandah roof removed on front facade but precast concrete columns Type of site: House Current use: House.
Waterhof, 56 Hof Street, Gardens, Cape Town. "Waterhof" was originally a part of Leeuwenhof, but became a separate property in 1782. The house was probably built in 1785 or 1786 and is one of the historic 18th-century houses on the slopes of Table Mountain. Just below Leeuwenhof, on the opposite s Type of site: House.
Juma Mosque (Durban) The Juma Mosque of Durban[3] (Arabic: جُـمُـعَـة مَـسْـجِـد, romanized: Jumu‘ah Masjid, meaning " Mosque of The Congregation") is a mosque located in Durban, Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa. Also known as the Grey Street Mosque, it represents a spiritual center for Durban's Muslims.
Art Deco in Durban. Durban, South Africa has a notable number of buildings built in the Art Deco style popularised in the US in the 1930s. [1] Durban-style Art Deco buildings share the characteristic bold colours, geometric shapes and glamorous ornamentals of the global style, while incorporating local narratives and motifs. [2]
Herbert Baker. Sir Herbert Baker (9 June 1862 – 4 February 1946) was an English architect remembered as the dominant force in South African architecture for two decades, and a major designer of some of New Delhi 's most notable government structures. He was born and died at Owletts in Cobham, Kent.
The gardens of the house were as Rhodes demanded 'masses of colour'. Surrounding the house was a mass of roses, hydrangeas, cannas, bougainvilleas and fuchsias. Farther away from the house on the slopes of Devil's Peak, Rhodes kept antelopes, zebra, eland, wildebeest and ostriches. [4] Rhodes was always a generous host while at Groote Schuur.
Koopmans-de Wet House is a former residence and current museum in Strand Street, Cape Town, South Africa. The house became part of the South African Museum in 1913 and was opened to the public on 10 March 1914. [1][2] It was declared a National Monument under National Monuments Council legislation on 1 November 1940. [3]