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Newlands Rugby Grounds and Stand Cape Town district, Western Cape Watson HALL: Architect TULLY and WATERS: Architect Frederick (Fred) CHERRY: Architect Spencer WATERS: Architect

Date: c. 1920 Client: Rugby Club Type: Sports Pavilion Style: Modern Status: Unknown

1898: Pavillion by TULLY and WATERS (Picton-Seymour 1977:91, Pryce-Lewis list 139). 1902: Covered stand and tea shelter by Watson HALL (Pryce-Lewis list 647); Alterations to the pavilion, new stands and a caretaker's cottage (Pryce-Lewis list 778) 1904: Alteration and additions to spectators' stands by CHERRY (Pryce-Lewis list 1 148). 1904: Additional spectators' stands by CHERRY (Pryce-Lewis list 1 303). 1905: Ticket box by CHERRY (Pryce-Lewis list 1 358). 1906: Dressing sheds by CHERRY (Pryce-Lewis list 1 495). 1907: Additions to dressing sheds by CHERRY (Pryce-Lewis list 1 533). In his entry on this site it is recorded that Watson HALL returned to Claremont in 1920. At some point he was architect to the Rugby Union for a period of four years during which time he built stands at Newlands Rugby Grounds. All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon.