- FjgjgmgüggS, I miUiJ lUIIMUHMMPIUIMl o «1 1359 205 2 TU Delft 232272 1 I VICTORIAN BUILDINGS IN SOUTH AFRICA I I I 4 VICTORIAN BUILDINGS IN SOUTH AFRICA INCLUDING EDWARDIAN & TRANSVAAL REPUBLICAN STYLES 1850-1910 A survey of houses, churches, schools, pubHc and commercial buildings with notes on the materials used, the architects concerned, the use of prefabricated ironmongery and the influence of European styles Désirée Picton-Seymour ^0(^^, iiO'STO 1977 Cape Town A.A.BALKEMA Rotterdam Clock Tower, Cape Town Docks Copyright© Désirée Picton-Seymour 1976 ISBN 0 86961 083 10 « CONTENTS PREFACE IX INTRODUCTION I The use of iron and steel, 1 1 uropean influences m the colonies, 5 Prefabncation and pattern books, 7 Public buildings, 8 Domestic houses, 11 Mass production in cast-iron the MacFarlane catalogue, 13 MacFarlane's major works, 27 Other cast-iron suppliers and their offerings, 27 Corrugated-iron, 30. Other materials, 32 / WESTERN CAPE 41 CAPE TOWN 41 Sophia Gray, 43 New wealth and expansion, 47 The uork of new architects, 55 Darhng St and Plein St, 57 Long St and Burg St, 61 Strand St, 63 Adderley St, 68 Woodstock and District Six, 74 The Docks, 75 Lnd-ot-tentury developments, 79 A new generation of architects, 81 Herbert Baker, his assistants and colleagues, 85 South African-born architects, 91 Builders, 92 The early 1900's and Sir Herbert Baker, 93 CH Smith and reinforced concrete, 97 The work of DeWitt, 101 The Reid Bros, Green and I ast, 102 Parker and Forsyth, 102 New office blocks in the city centre, 105 School buildings, 107 City Halls and pubhc buildings, 109 CAPE TOWN SUBURBS 113 Claremont, Kenilworth, Wynberg, 113 Tamboers Kloof, Oranjezicht, 123 Sea Point, Green Point, 129 Baker and False Bay, 131 Parks and gardens, 133 BOLAND TOWNS AND VILLAGES 135 StcUenbosch, 135 Somerset West, The Strand, 141 Paarl, 141 Wellington, Simondium, 143 Malmesbury, Philadelphia, 147 Tulbagli, Ceres, 147 Worcester, Caledon, 149 Robertson, Swellen- dam, Riversdale, 152 Mossel Bay, George, Knysna, 153 Oudtshoorn, 153 Aberdeen, 164 Graaff Remet, Prince Albert, Fraserburg, 165 Beaufort West, 171 Matjiesfontein, 171 2 EASTERN CAPE 180 PORT ELIZABETH AND REGION 180 Public and commercial buildings, 181 Local architects, 185 Art Nouveau influence, 193 Uiten- hage, 197. GRAHAMSTOWN AND REGION 201 Victorian styles grafted onto Georgian and Regency, 201 The various churches, 205 Pubhc and commercial buildings, 205 School buildings, 21 3 Port Alfred, Somerset East, 215 Fort Beaufort and other forts, 215 Cradock and Ahwal North, 215 EAST LONDON AND REGION 219 Commercial buildings, 219 Stutterheim and Cathcart. 221 King William's Town, 224.Queenstown, 229 Adelaide, Bedford, Molteno, Burgersdorp, 231 V Houses of Parliament. Cape Town VI