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Industry Buildings - Hycastle House Central Cape Town, Western Cape Charles Henry SMITH: Architect

Date: 1904 Type: Commercial Status: Extant Street: 58 Loop Street (cnr Castle Street)   Click to view large map Coordinates: 33°55'13.86" S 18°25'11.33" E Alt: 33m

Later renamed 'Hycastle House', apparently in the 1970s. (Arthur Radburn, July 2025) When inspected by Rennie in January 1978 it was called Hycastle House. References: Johnson, Brian Andrew. 1987. Domestic architecture at the Cape, 1892-1912 : Herbert Baker, his associates and his contemporaries. Pretoria: UNISA (unpublished MA thesis). pg 393 Rennie, John for CPIA. 1978. The Buildings of Central Cape Town 1978. Volume Two : Catalogue. Cape Town: Cape Provincial Institute of Architects. pg 70 item 49.11