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Buckingham Lodge
District Six, Cape Town, Western Cape

John W MELVILL: Architect
Arthur Henry REID: Architect
Date:1846 : 1900
Client:Stander
Type:Homestead
Style:Georgian : Victorian
Status:Unknown

The Lodge was built on a portion of the Welgelegen Estate. Ramadan built Buckingham Lodge in late Georgian style. having sash windows, panelled double-door beneath a spoke fanlight. It is recorded that the east wing was designed by AH REID for the Eastern and South African Telegraph Company (Pryce-Lewis list item 5529). In 1921 it became the premises of the Peninsula Maternity Hospital. In 1930 the Hospital Board bought the block and Buckingham Lodge became a nurses' and surgeons' quarters (Hislop 2018: 124-126).


Books that reference Buckingham Lodge

Hislop, Jim . 2018. Behind the Castle. Cape Town: Jim Hislop /Cape Town Property Histories. pg 124-129