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Waverley, Johannesburg,
Gauteng

Architect: James Alfred COPE-CHRISTIE

Oblique view from north east
Photographer: William Martinson - 2014

Date:1904
Type:Homestead
Status:Extant
Street:5 Murray St

 

Coordinates:
26°08'22.88" S 28°04'54.32" E

Notes:

2014 - Old Age Home run by The Flower Foundation.

(Finsen 1985, personal communication)


References:

van der Waal, Gerhard-Mark. 1987. From Mining Camp to Metropolis - The buildings of Johannesburg 1886-1940. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council. pg 163 ill


North elevation
Photographer: William Martinson - 2014

Detail of brackets to hood over bay window on north elevation
Photographer: William Martinson - 2014

Detail of chimney on east elevation
Photographer: William Martinson - 2014

Chimney detail
Photographer: William Martinson - 2014

Oblique view of house from north west
Photographer: William Martinson - 2014

Panel on west side of house with date - now largely eroded away
Photographer: William Martinson - 2014

Detail of tall chimney on west side
Photographer: William Martinson - 2014

Detail of moulded plaster trim to west side of house
Photographer: William Martinson - 2014

Oblique view of house from south west
Photographer: William Martinson - 2014

Detail of bracketed hood to bay window on south elevation
Photographer: William Martinson - 2014

Part south elevation
Photographer: William Martinson - 2014

Detail of half timbered gable on service wing on south elevation
Photographer: William Martinson - 2014

Detail of gable with triangular louvred ventilator
Photographer: William Martinson - 2014

Turned brass door knob
Photographer: William Martinson - 2014

Baluster detail
Photographer: William Martinson - 2014

Timber newel post to staircase
Photographer: William Martinson - 2014

Fret sawn detail applied to tread ends
Photographer: William Martinson - 2014

Light fitting in stairwell
Photographer: William Martinson - 2014

Moulded capital to springing point of arch
Photographer: William Martinson - 2014

Oblique view of moulded timber pediment to internal door
Photographer: William Martinson - 2014

Moulded timber pediment to internal door
Photographer: William Martinson - 2014

Moulded plaster bracket supporting ceiling beam
Photographer: William Martinson - 2014

Pressed metal ceiling panels
Photographer: William Martinson - 2014

Moulded rosette to pressed metal ceiling
Photographer: William Martinson - 2014

Detail of gable front on north elevation
Photographer: William Martinson - 2014

Detail of glazed spandrel panel on front verandah
Photographer: William Martinson - 2014

Tuck pointed Flemish Bond brickwork - now painted
Photographer: William Martinson - 2014

View from garden
Source: van der Waal. 1987:163

Photographer: Unidentified