Contact Artefacts please if you have any comments or more information regarding this record.	Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon		British Kaffrarian Savings Bank Qonce (King William's Town), Eastern Cape CORDEAUX, FARROW and STOCKS: Architect John Wilford Hilbert FARROW: Design Architect

Date: 1908 Type: Bank Status: Extant Street: cor Taylor Street and Maclean Square   Click to view large map Coordinates: 32°52'42.96" S 27°23'23.50" E

See more photographs (SAB Feb 1925:15 ill; JWH Farrow's LRIBA nom papers 1911) One of the best examples of Farrows' work, this small building is on a massive scale, yet is never out of proportion, for all its weirdness. Rising from a base of rough stone, this stonework continues upwards, surrounding arched windows and forming the main entrance across the corner. In contrast, the rest of the wall space is of smooth light-coloured plaster, embellished with much-defined moulding. A copper-green dome spans the corner and is topped by a gazebo [sic lantern] of wood on the pinacle of which is poised an eagle. (Picton-Seymour, 1977:227) Now Nedbank 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: Gaylard, Shaun & McDougall, Brett . 2022. RSA 365 : 365 Drawings of South African Architecture. Johannesburg: Blank Ink Design. pg 107, 107 ill Picton-Seymour, Désirée. 1977. Victorian Buildings in South Africa. Cape Town: AA Balkema. pg 227