House Chaplin - Marienhof - Brenthurst

Parktown, Johannesburg,
Gauteng

Architect: BAKER, MASEY and SLOPER
Architect: George Esslemont Gordon LEITH

Date:1904 : 1935
Client:Drummond and Marguerite Chaplin
Type:Homestead
Status:Extant

 

Coordinates:
26°10'21.91" S 28°02'43.59" E Alt: 1731m

Notes:

Originally designed by Sir Herbert BAKER for Drummond and Marguerite Chaplin named Marienhof, it later became the home of Sir Ernest and Lady Oppenheimer and the name was changed to Brenthurst. The house was altered by LEITH in 1935. During the Second World War it was used as a hospital for plastic surgery.

(UWA:O5; UWA:O6 see LEITH archive)


References:

Greig, Doreen. 1970. Herbert Baker in South Africa. Cape Town: PURNELL. pg 129 ill

Keath, Michael. 1992. Herbert Baker: Architecture and Idealism 1892 - 1913: The South African Years. Gibraltar: Ashanti Pub. Ltd.. pg 100, 113, 116, 120 ill-121, 181

MacMillan, Allister & Rosenthal, Eric. 1948. Homes of the Golden City. Cape Town: Hortors. pg 55 ill

Viney, Graham with Proust, Alain (Photography). 1987. Colonial houses of South Africa. Cape Town: Struik-Winchester. pg 221-229


Front elevation from garden
Ref: MacMillan et al 1948:55
Photographer: Unidentified