Historic Houses of South Africa

Specially commissioned photographs and lively text capture the spirit of 23 of South Africa's grandest houses, following a timeline of social and cultural development. Authoritative text brings to life the spirit of the houses, along with their builders and occupantsfrom Dutch East India Company merchants and English aristocrats to 19th-century sugar barons and diamond magnates. 337 illustrations. 237 in full color.

FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

9

(4)

INTRODUCTION

13

(8)

VERGELEGEN Mr and Mrs Tom Barlow

21

(12)

IDA'S VALLEY Major and Mrs Philip Erskine

33

(10)

LIBERTAS Mnr en Mev Robert Blake

43

(8)

STELLENBERG Mr and Mrs Andrew Ovenstone

51

(10)

MORGENSTER Mrs Shirley Bairnsfather Cloete Mr and Mrs Pieter Bairnsfather Cloete

61

(8)

TUYNHUIS sometime Government House, Cape Town

69

(12)

RUSTENBERG Mrs Pam Barlow

81

(8)

SIDBURY PARK Roy Berrington Esq

89

(8)

KERSEFONTEIN Mr and Mrs Martin Melck Julian Melck Esq

97

(10)

BARVILLE PARK Miss Elizabeth Norton

107

(8)

ZORGVLIET Mr and Mrs Michael Duckham

115

(10)

BROADLANDS Mr and the Hon Mrs Frank O'Neill

125

(8)

HAWTHORNDEN Count and Countess Natale Labia

133

(14)

TWEEDSIDE LODGE Major and Mrs John Buist

147

(10)

ZWARTKOPPIES HALL The Trustees of the Estate of the late Samuel Marks Esq

157

(12)

GROOTE SCHUUR formerly the residence of the Prime Ministers

169

(16)

LYNTON HALL Mrs Jane Reynolds

185

(12)

STONEHOUSE Mr and Mrs Ian Mackenzie

197

(10)

WESTMINSTER The Lady Mary Grosvenor

207

(14)

BRENTHURST Mr and Mrs Harry Oppenheimer

221

(10)

DOLOBRAN Mrs Amelia Andersson

231

(14)

THE PRESIDENSIE formerly Government House, Pretoria

245

(12)

ELLINGHAM Percy Crookes Esq

257

(10)

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

267

(1)

NOTES ON REFERENCES AND SOURCES

268

(1)

REFERENCES

269

(9)

PRIMARY SOURCES

278

(2)

SECONDARY SOURCES

280

(2)

INDEX

282

(4)

SUBSCRIBERS

286

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