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Date: c1960 Type: Homestead Status: Unknown

THIS house on a steep site on the slopes of Table Mountain has been split into three levels. Approach is up a steep motor driveway. The double garage is under the living room with main entrance protected and covered by the cantilever of the living room. Entrance is up a freestanding staircase to a higher level with living and dining areas flowing out onto a balcony with a view of Devil's Peak and Table Bay. The study is a nook off living room looking back onto an open court at slightly higher level. Desk in the study is at sill height. Bedroom wing is on a slightly higher third level reached by a ramp which is flanked by an open court. Bedrooms lead out onto the court which is protected from driving wind and rain. Ref: Wale, Laurie (editor) c. 1964. New Home Building Ideas – Architects' Plans for Southern Africa. Purnell & Sons, Johannesburg: pgs 41. [Submitted by William MARTINSON] Books that reference House Louw Wale, Laurie (Editor). 1962. New home building ideas : Architects' plans for southern Africa. Cape Town: Purnell & Sons. pg 37 ill, 41, 41 ill