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House Wood
Muizenberg, Western Cape

Edmund James SHERWOOD: Architect 1901
PARKER and FORSYTH: Architect 1919
BLACK and FAGG: Architect 1924

Date:1901
Client:JH Wood
Type:Homestead
Style:Victorian
Status:Extant

 


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Coordinates:
34°06'16.04" S 18°27'59.98" E Alt: 11m

Once part of Prof J Gill's property - he owned a local quarry. Sold to JH Wood in 1898. Housed the YWCA 1917-67. Additions: bedroom wing (1919), hall & cottage (1924). (Source: H. Fransen : A heritage survey of the environment and other conservation-worthy objects in Lakeside, Muizenberg and St James. Commissioned by the Muizenberg Historical Conservation Society)