CRAN, John

Architect

Was the son of the Cape Town master builder John CRAN (AB&E Dec 1920:2). He worked for RM ROBERTSON in Cape Town for five years while studying at the School of Art in Cape Town under Mr WHALE. In 1898 he toured Britain for a few months before returning to South Africa where later in 1898 he was employed by the building contractor AB REID & CO in Cape Town as an architectural draughtsman and designer. He was responsible for alterations and renovations and possibly even designed several buildings in and around Cape Town including alterations to the interior of the Lodge de Goede Hoop. By 1910 he was employed by his father's firm of builders as a draughtsman. He became a Licentiate member of the RIBA in 1910, his papers being signed by Francis MASEY.

LRIBA Cape Town 1910. (AB&E Dec 1920:2; LRIBA nom papers (1910) 188)

All truncated references not fully cited in 'References' are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon.

List of projects

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With notes

EK Green's Stores, alts: pre-1910. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Fraser & Sons Factory: pre-1910. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Hill's Jam Factory: pre-1910. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

House Dr E Barnard Fuller: pre-1910. Gardens, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

House J Cran: pre-1910. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

House Mr Gourlay: pre-1910. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

House Mr Jupp: pre-1910. Woodstock, Western Cape - Architect

House R Franke: pre-1910. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

House Sir James Sivewright: pre-1905 : pre-1910. Somerset West, Western Cape - Architect pre-1910

Several villas 'in the area': pre-1910. Stellenbosch, Western Cape - Architect

Theological Seminary and Library in connection with the 'Boys'High School': pre-1910. Stellenbosch, Western Cape - Architect

Villa Capt HAP Burmeister, renov, Green Point: pre-1910. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Villa CB Martin: pre-1910. Rondebosch, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Villa Miss Stader: pre- 1910. Mowbray, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Villa R Law: pre-1910. Claremont, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

Books citing CRAN

Brown, SM. 1969. Architects and others: an annotated list of people of South African interest appearing in the RIBA Journal 1880 1925. Johannesburg: Unpublished dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand. pp