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BRISLIN, John

Born: fl 1850

Architect


Son of a British regiment Sergeant-Major stationed at the frontier of the Eastern Cape in the 1820s. Builder, Contractor and architect in Grahamstown in the mid C19 (LEWCOCK, 1963: 443 cites Lanham, W Bain and Willmore, ER. 1959. The 1820 Settlers of Sevenfountains and Salem. Grahamstown, p. 55).

Books citing BRISLIN

Lewcock, Ronald. 1963. Early Nineteenth Century Architecture in South Africa : a study of the interaction of two cultures, 1795-1837. Cape Town: AA Balkema. pp 443

Menache, Philippe & Wolff, Helmut. 2021. die NG Kerk, ons erfenis : 'n fotoversameling van die argitektoniese skatte van 139 NG kerke in SA. Not identified: Not identified. pp 43