Contact Artefacts please if you have any comments or more information regarding this record.	Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon		Glassberg Building Paarl, Western Cape Anthony (Antonie) Mauritz DE WITT: Architect

Date: 1897 Type: Commercial Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°44'36.79" S 18°57'44.63" E Alt: 128m

'De Witt introduced a German influence into late-Victorian architecture, an aspect of his work well illustrated [here]' (Rode et al 1987:179). "The Glassberg house, in the Dutch Renaissance Revival style, was reputedly designed by Antoni de Witt – a Dutch architect active at the Cape in the late 19th Century. The intricate details and plaster rustications feature splendidly against the backdrop of the plaster imitating red bricks. This house, including the steep, stepped gables, is characteristic of de Witt’s eclectic, asymmetrical style." (A Walking Tour of the Historical Heart of Paarl) Books that reference Glassberg Building Bakker, Karel A, Clarke, Nicholas J & Fisher, Roger C. 2014. Eclectic ZA Wilhelmiens : A shared Dutch built heritage in South Africa. Pretoria: Visual Books. pg 61, 63 Fransen, Hans. 2004. The old buildings of the Cape. A survey of extant architecture from before c1910 in the area of Cape Town - Calvinia - Colesberg - Uitenhage. Johannesburg & Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers. pg 263 Raymond, Cathy . n.d.. A Walking Tour of the Historical Heart of Paarl. Paarl: Drakenstein Heritage Foundation. pg