House JB Ebden : Belmont Rondebosch, Cape Town, Western Cape Architect: John SKIRROW

Front facade Photographer: Lila Komnick - 2022

Date: 1835 Type: Homestead Status: Adaptive re-use

Coordinates: 33°57'31.68" S 18°28'29.66" E Alt: 22m

Notes: (Langham-Carter MS:25) Wealthy businessman and politician John Bardwell Ebden (1787-1873) bought a portion of the Ekelenberg estate in 1835, and built a house which he named 'Belmont'. The property remained in the Ebden family until it was sold to the Marist Brothers in 1917, to become the new home of St Joseph's College. The house is now used as the school's main administrative building. (School website)

The building in its setting in the school grounds Photographer: Lila Komnick - 2022

Front elevation Photo of Belmont, from Marion George's 1980 MA dissertation 'John Bardwell Ebden, His Business and Political Career at the Cape 1806-1849' pg 132 Submitted by Arthur Radburn Photographer: Unidentified