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| | Syfret's Trust Building Central Cape Town, Western Cape |
| Date: | 1951 | Type: | Offices | |
| Style: | New Empiricism | | Status: | Extant but altered | | Street: | C/o Wale & Burg Streets |
Click to view large mapCoordinates: | | Court Chambers (1977). Now Mandela Rhodes' Place Spa and Hotel (2018)
Conservative but stylish International style in the post-War formalist manner.
References: | Cole, DI. 2002. The building stones of Cape Town : a geological walking tour. Cape Town: Council for Geoscience. pg 59-60 | | Greig, Doreen. 1971. A Guide to Architecture in South Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pg 100 | | Rennie, John for CPIA. 1978. The Buildings of Central Cape Town 1978. Volume Two : Catalogue. Cape Town: Cape Provincial Institute of Architects. pg 155 item 56.42 | | Shorten, John R. 1963. The Golden Jubilee of Greater Cape Town : A record of the Mother City from the earliest days to the present. Cape Town: Shorten and Smith Publications. pg 318 txt & ill |
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