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Date: 1920 Client: Sir Frank Reynolds Style: Cape Dutch Revival Status: Extant Street: Minerva Ave   Click to view large map Coordinates: 30°23'38"S 30°41'26"E

The house was built by Sir Frank Reynolds, a sugar magnate, on a headland above Umdoni Point, as a seaside retreat for Prime Minister General Louis Botha and other South African Prime Ministers. Reynolds arranged with the South African Railways to construct a railway halt at Umdoni Point to facilitate the delivery of building materials. Botha passed away in 1919, before the house was completed.