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Date: c1960 Type: Homestead Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°53'59.01" S 18°38'19.08" E Alt: 85m

SITTING on a small plot this house again has main, car and service entries between two high white walls on street boundary. Main entrance runs up a slight ramp flanked by two white walls. Entrance court is covered by a vine-clad pergola. Living, dining, study, entrance and kitchen are all one volume screened by cupboards. The living room has a view onto the Stellenbosch mountains to the east and still has north light. Bedrooms are reached down a slight ramp. All bedrooms face north. Weather protection is provided by extending the Big 6 asbestos cement roof over windows and by shutters. Ref: Wale, Laurie (editor) c. 1964. New Home Building Ideas – Architects' Plans for Southern Africa. Purnell & Sons, Johannesburg: pgs 40. [Submitted by William MARTINSON] Books that reference House Buurman Wale, Laurie (Editor). 1962. New home building ideas : Architects' plans for southern Africa. Cape Town: Purnell & Sons. pg 36 ill, 40, 40 ill