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Date: 1902 Type: Arcade Status: Demolished 1965 Street: Terminus/Union Sts

This was one of East London 's most interesting architectural features; it was erected as an apartment block with shops below plus a storage basement. The railings and other ironwork were wrought and not of a stock pattern; originally it had been intended to glass in the roof; the entrances, facing onto the two streets, were of red brick (later plastered), with terracotta embellishments. (Picton-Seymour. 1977:223) Books that reference Britannia Arcade Picton-Seymour, Désirée. 1977. Victorian Buildings in South Africa. Cape Town: AA Balkema. pg 25, 220, 223