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Guardian Assurance Company Building Central Cape Town, Western Cape BAKER and MASEY: Architect Francis Edward MASEY: Project Architect

Date: 1901-1902 Type: Offices Status: Demolished 1950s Street: Adderley Street

(UCT BC 206/511; BC 206.511; Masey FRIBA nom papers 1901); 1904: Verandah added (Pryce-Lewis list 7 335). A 4-storey building with three gables. Demolished to make way for a new building for Guardian Assurance. (Arthur Radburn, April 2023) All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. Books that reference Guardian Assurance Company Building Greig, Doreen. 1970. Herbert Baker in South Africa. Cape Town: PURNELL. pg 237 Picton-Seymour, Désirée. 1977. Victorian Buildings in South Africa. Cape Town: AA Balkema. pg 88