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Buckland Downs
Verkykerskop, iNtabazwe (Harrismith) district, Free State

Sir Herbert BAKER: Architect

Date:1903
Client:Sir Percy Fitzpatrick
Type:Homestead
Status:Extant

 


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Coordinates:
27°58'01.48" S 29°08'01.68" E Alt: 1785m

Baker assisted Sir Percy Fitzpatrick in building this house but without full professional services. (Keath 1992:104-105)

The house has been changed quite a lot but small arts and craft detail has remained. (Marius Bakkes, March 2017)


Books that reference Buckland Downs

Keath, Michael. 1992. Herbert Baker: Architecture and Idealism 1892 - 1913: The South African Years. Gibraltar: Ashanti Pub. Ltd.. pg 104-105