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Grosvenor House Central Cape Town, Western Cape

Date: c1955 Type: Offices Status: Extant Street: Strand St, Bree St, Castle St   Click to view large map Coordinates: 33°55'11.94" S 18°25'11.43" E Alt: 48m

73 Strand St, 61-67 Bree St, 76 Castle St Basement and Ground and 5 floors and roof top parking garage, concrete framed. Ground: marble, chrome, plate glass, plastered concrete canopy (curving corner copper edged etc.) Upper floors: aluminium windows, terrazzo facings, reflective glass, top floor possibly later addition. Festival of Britain influence. Lift 1955 (Rennie 1978: 41) 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. References: Rennie, John for CPIA. 1978. The Buildings of Central Cape Town 1978. Volume Two : Catalogue. Cape Town: Cape Provincial Institute of Architects. pg 41 item 43.25