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| | Bishops Diocesan College Rondebosch, Cape Town, Western Cape William WHITE: Architect Peter PENKETH: Project Architect Mr ARNOLD: Contractor
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Date: | 1853 | Type: | School | |
Style: | Gothic Revival | Status: | Extant |
Click to view mapCoordinates: 33°57'49.33" S 18°28'55.63" E Alt: 22m | | William WHITE was sending drawings of the building to Sophia GRAY in England. He was hoping she would arrange to send some of the features from England, especially windows. (Gutsche 1970:133)
The stone facade of the main wing of Founder's House is in stark contrast to the three inner walls of the quadrangle.
The dormer windows were added in 1913.
Books that reference Bishops Diocesan College Burrows, Edmund Hartford . 1994. Overberg Odyssey : people, roads and early days. Swellendam: Privately printed in co-operation with the Swellendam Trust. pg 163 | Greig, Doreen. 1971. A Guide to Architecture in South Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pg 216-217 | Gutsche, Thelma. 1966. No Ordinary Woman: The life and times of Florence Phillips. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pg 133 | Hawthorn, Peter & Bristow, Barry. 1993. Historic Schools of South Africa : an ethos of excellence. Cape Town: Pachyderm Press. pg 36, 41 ill | McIntyre, Donald G. 1950. The Diocesan College, Rondebosch, South Africa: a century at Bishop's. Cape Town: Juta. pg 12, 13 | Radford, D. 1979. The architecture of the Western Cape, 1838-1901. A study of the impact of Victorian aesthetics and technology on South African architecture. Johannesburg: Unpublished Ph.D thesis. Dept of Arch. University of the Witwatersrand. pg 126 |
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