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Erritt Lodge - Kelston Kenilworth, Cape Town, Western Cape Johannes Egbertus VIXSEBOXSE: Architect 1894 Sir Herbert BAKER: Architect 1898 additions

Date: 1894 : 1898 Type: Homestead Style: Eclectic ZA Wilhelmiens Status: Demolished c1960 Street: 70 Harfield Road

(Pryce-Lewis list item 75) Original date 1894, additions were made in 1898. One of the early villas built along Harfield Road, Kenilworth, in the 1890s (see also 'Lidcote'). It was built for Sir Somerset French, a senior civil servant. Later renamed 'Kelston', it was demolished c1960, and replaced with 'Kelston' flats. (Arthur Radburn, December 2023)