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Date: n.d. Type: Homestead Status: Extant Street: 3 Sir George Grey Street   Click to view large map Coordinates: 33°56'17.85" S 18°24'56.91" E Alt: 82m

Zorgvliet was sold by Jacobus Tesselaar to the Swede Jan Frederik Hurling. He came to the Cape in 1763 and had previously owned the Clapperton Mill in Mowbray. The nearby Hurling Swing Pump was named after him. He sold Zorgvliet to Michiel van Breda in 1815. It appears that some time during Sir George Grey's term of office as Governor he ocupied this house, and that the main rooms were renovated for his tenure. (Picton-Seymour 1977:28) The homestead was bought and restored by Désirée PICTON-SEYMOUR together with her husband, Michael Duckham, and daughter, Nicolette. Transcript of plaque: ZORGVLIET Désirée Picton-Seymour, artist, architectural historian and dedicated campaigner for the appreciation and preservation of architectural heritage lived and worked here From 1969 to 1991 References: Picton-Seymour, Désirée. 1977. Victorian Buildings in South Africa. Cape Town: AA Balkema. pg 28, 30, 41, 167 Viney, Graham with Proust, Alain (Photography). 1987. Colonial houses of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik-Winchester. pg 115-123