Survey 1.1&2.1&3.1&4.1Muizenberg1 MARCH2017

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E. MUIZENBERG VILLAGE Conservation areas

For the purposes of this Survey, “the Village” is that central part of Muizenberg contained in the Despite its in places run-down condition and the intrusion of some modern structures, most of the
roughly triangular area between the railway line, the Zandvlei outlet and the beachfront. Like most area between the railway, Beach Road, Zandvlei and Albertyn Road deserves a status as
conservation area. Apart from the precious row in Beach Road between Alexander and Vlei Roads,
town centres, it presents a fascinating melange. It has its entertainment area along the beachfront, the best street is Hansen Road over its entire length, together with its vicinity: Holland, Fraser and
its business hub, its millionaires’ row along the eastern part of Beach Road, and a lower and lower Alexander Roads.

middle class area with its irregular network of intimate narrow streets. 104

At a time when the coastal strip towards Kalk Bay was already fairly closely built up
(towards the end of the 19th century), this flat and sandy triangular area was still vacant farm land.

It was only later that the anticipated influx of permanent residents, arriving in the wake of the more
pecunious second-home owners and holiday-makers, led to its being subdivided into narrow streets
and small residential lots – some indeed minuscule, down to 160 square metres.

Irregular earlier farm boundaries were responsible for the haphazard street pattern, which is

among the more attractive features of what is in fact today the Muizenberg village. Oblique

Alexander Road marks the eastern boundary of land granted to J.P.F. Kirsten in 1814. The tapering
bit of land between Church and Atlantic Roads was the property of the brothers H. and S. Peck.

Palmer Road marked yet another boundary, belonging to J. Palmer. Another element that
contributes to the intimacy of the village area is the dense concentration of surviving early-20th-
century architecture, most of it of a “vernacular”, non-architect-designed character.

The area east of Alexander Road was the first to be subdivided into plots, probably c.1890

(as were the Melrose/Sidmouth Road blocks). It centres on Royal Road, which continues across the
Zandvlei estuary. Both the reason for the unusual width – a hundred feet is indicated on the 1897
plan though it is more like forty metres, maintained over its full length – and the name Royal Road

needs further investigation. The street was clearly intended to become a prestige area. The
suggestion that the name may refer to the fleeting visit of the Duke and Duchess of York in 1907

does not hold water, as it is already clearly indicated on the 1904 plan.
By 1904 there were only a few houses east of Alexander Road (including Herbert Baker’s

house Sandhills) while the part to the west, the land granted to Kirsten) – Palmer Road, etc. – was

already well into the process of being built up by 1904. The section north of Albertyn Road was the
last to be developed, and is mostly post-war.

For the purposes of this Survey we have also included in this section the blocks east of the
Zandvlei, where streets were laid out during the very early years of the 20th century, but apart from

two Victorian cottages (that are still there) and Vergenoeg mansion, only started being built up by
the late ‘thirties.

The village can be divided into the business area along the western part of Beach Road, the

well-to-do quarters along its eastern part and Royal Road (much of it architect-designed), and the
more modest fabric of its northern part, much of it late-Victorian semi-detached. In a built-up area

of not quite twenty hectares, this part of Muizenberg, despite its in places run-down character,
contains a rich diversity of architecture that deserves careful maintenance.

The inner village area has great charm. It is an intimate and friendly place, where people in
the street, many of them “eccentrics”, unfailingly greet each other. It is also a place where arts and

crafts are much in evidence: mosaics, artistic ironwork for fences and gates, plaster decoration.

SEASIDE OF BEACH ROAD – BATHING BOXES PIC 172 PIC 173

Street address Erf number Type of structure Name Street address Erf number Type of structure Name
Seaside of Beach Rd, below former 87374 Bathing boxes NHRA status 87374 Public beach
Empire Cinema, flanking the public Style conveniences NHRA status
convenience “chalet”. Date built Present use Date built Present use
Description C.1931 and later. “chalet”, public Grading (sugg.)
Style A carefully designed arrangement of three conveniences, surfing IIIc
white-plastered buildings surrounding a History/literature outlet, etc.
Description History/literature Alterations/condition Grading (sugg.) courtyard with water feature and ornate The central building appears Alterations/condition Some significance
Timber cabins on stilts with steps on both From early 20th century IIIc trelliswork “gate”. Like the bathing boxes, on the 1940 aerials and was X
sides. The present ones are replacements of Significant symbolizing Muizenberg’s status as a erected in 1931, the other Significant X
those that were destroyed in storms durings provided for hire. An early X Some significance beach resort. structures were added, in X
the late 1970s, and retain the old design. photograph shows no fewer X matching style, by the city’s X
They are colourful reminders of the heyday X Historical urban design unit c.1980.
of Muizenberg as the country’s top beach than 65 of them and an early X Rarity Very significant
resort and should be retained. WM p.28. Aesthetic/architectural
plan 150 (single and double) Cultural
Historical – at the time when their use Social history
Rarity Landmark
Aesthetic/architectural for beach-goers was almost
Cultural obligatory.
Social history
Landmark Very significant

ATLANTIC ROAD – DWELLING PIC 174 ATLANTIC ROAD – SHOPS PIC 175

Street address Erf number Type of structure Name Street address Erf number Type of structure Name
Atlantic Rd cnr Clarendon Rd 87191 Offices Atlantic cnr Killarney Rds 87242 Shops
Style Date built Present use NHRA status Style Date built Present use NHRA status
C.1925 Electricity department Art deco C.1938 Shops
Description History/literature Alterations/condition Grading (sugg.) Description History/literature Alterations/condition Grading (sugg.)
Large double-storey dwelling-type IIIc Small, boldly designed block with curved IIIc
building under hipped tile roof. A central Very significant corner canopy, ribbed panels above Very significant
“Dutch” gable in which is set a good oriel Significant Some significance crowned by pointed projecting motifs. Significant Some significance
window. X
X Historical X
Historical Rarity
Rarity Aesthetic/architectural X
Aesthetic/architectural Cultural
Cultural Social history
Social history Landmark
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SEASIDE OF BEACH ROAD – BATHING BOXES PIC 172 PIC 173

ATLANTIC ROAD – OFFICES PIC 174 ATLANTIC ROAD – SHOPS PIC 175

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19 ATLANTIC ROAD - DWELLING PIC 176 ATLANTIC ROAD - OFFICES PIC 177

Street address Erf number Type of structure Name Street address Erf number Type of structure Name
19 Atlantic Rd 87246 Dwelling The Adams Atlantic Rd 126022 Offices Municipal offices,
Trading Post library, clinic
Style Date built Present use NHRA status Style Date built Present use NHRA status
Victorian 1902 (on 1904 plan) Theatre C.1930? Offices Grading (sugg.)
Description History/literature Alterations/condition Grading (sugg.) Description History/literature Alterations/condition IIIc
Stone single-storey under iron roof, two Arch. Johannes Vixseboxse IIIb Two identical single-storeyed buildings, Once housed the second fire
flanking bay-windows under bargeboard for Mrs. Volsteedt. Despite unusual in being entirely brick-built, under station; an early photograph Significant Some significance
gables, the bargeboards crossing over at being architect-designed, hipped red-tile roofs of which the hips shows two large arched
the top, their fronts with rare latticework. close to the Victorian come down to form the roofs of flanking doors in the facade of one of X
Veranda, also at side, on simple columns Vernacular. HF p.155. bargeboard gables; swept-up parapet in the two, to accommodate
but with ornate artfully cut-out fascia. centre. the horse-drawn fire X
Very significant Significant Some significance engines.
Historical Historical Very significant
Rarity Rarity
Aesthetic/architectural X Aesthetic/architectural
Cultural Cultural
Social history X Social history
Landmark Landmark

ATLANTIC ROAD - DWELLING PIC 178 13-19 YORK ROAD – BUSINESS PIC 179

Street address Erf number Type of structure Name Street address Erf number Type of structure Name
Atlantic Rd 87259 Dwelling Crows’ Nest 13-19 York Rd 87185 Business Kent’s Building,
Style Date built Present use NHRA status now the Beach
Victorian C.1900 (on 1904 plan) Vacant Style Date built Present use Lodge
Description History/literature Alterations/condition Grading (sugg.) Victorian/Edwardian C.1915 Shops, backpackers NHRA status
Double-storey tile-roofed plastered Vacant. Poor condition IIIc Description History/literature Alterations/condition Grading (sugg.)
building of typical Victorian shape: Very significant One the east part of short York Road, Note that from the early IIIa
projecting two-storey bay section under Significant Some significance adjoining the railway, a prominent three- 1900s until not so long ago
bargeboard gable; recessed section built up X storey business block, shop front below, the now vacant area south- Some significance
below, columned balcony above. X accommodation above, an enclosed west of York Rd, between X
balcony at second-floor level, its large the railway and the beach, X
Historical arched windows with smaller arched was densely built up. This X
Rarity balcony openings above at third-floor building, or its core, was
Aesthetic/architectural level. A chamfered corner with high there by 1904. Its upper two 107
Cultural somewhat ungainly gable. Old lettering on floors were added by Arch.
Social history railway side (“Kent’s Store, drapers, C.H. Smith, prioneering
Landmark outfitter” and ”Eve’s, the society tea reinforced concrete. WS
room”) should be retained. Though not p.19.
Muizenberg’s finest building, it is of great
environmental value. Very significant Significant

Historical X
Rarity
Aesthetic/architectural
Cultural
Social history
Landmark

ATLANTIC ROAD – DWELLING PIC 176 ATLANTIC ROAD - OFFICES PIC 177

ATLANTIC ROAD - DWELLING PIC 178 13-19 YORK ROAD – BUSINESS PIC 179

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BEACH ROAD – APARTMENT PIC 180 BEACH ROAD - CINEMA PIC 181

Street address Erf number Type of structure Name Street address Erf number Type of structure Name
Beach Rd, E cnr Sidmouth Rd 169484 Apartment block NHRA status Beach Rd 87214 Cinema Empire Theatre
Style Date built Present use Style Date built Present use NHRA status
C.1930 Shops with apartments Grading (sugg.) Late art deco 1943 Business Grading (sugg.)
above IIIb Description History/literature Alterations/condition IIIa
Description History/literature Alterations/condition Narrow three-storey facade with watered- Arch. W.H. Grant 1943. Recently recycled, but
Massive plastered three-storey block with Very significant down, asymmetrical art deco features on its Closed down as cinema facade retained. Some significance
balcony on both street sides, that on Beach soaring left-hand section with its 1972. WS p.94. WM p.123. X
rd side covered by a third floor balcony. alternating brick-and-plaster bands.the Significant X
Bracketed projecting eves. Sidmouth Rd right-hand facade part slightly convex, Very significant
side windows crowned by ornate with the letters “Empire” in typical art X X
“baroque” cartouches. Buildings such as Significant Some significance deco letters. Though internally refashioned,
this and kent’s building suggest a X X the art deco entrance with marble staircase
decidedly “urban” quality to which the remains intact.
beachfront had started to aspire when its
stature began to wane in the ‘forties. Historical
Rarity
Historical Aesthetic/architectural
Rarity Cultural
Aesthetic/architectural Social history
Cultural Landmark
Social history
Landmark

52 BEACH ROAD - HOTEL PIC 182 BEACH ROAD – SHOPS PIC 183

Street address Erf number Type of structure Name Street address Erf number Type of structure Name
52 Beach Rd 117968 Hotel Balmoral Hotel Beach Rd cnr Atlantic Rd 87200-1 Shops and residences Majestic Café, etc.
Style Date built Present use NHRA status Style Date built Present use NHRA status
Art deco 1932 Apartments Grading (sugg.) Art Deco C.1935 Café, restaurant,
Description History/literature Alterations/condition IIIa residences Grading (sugg.)
Three-storeyed building with wide east- Arch. J. Lonstein for B.P. Description History/literature Alterations/condition IIIb
facing frontage, facing not the beachfront Phillips (at 8 500 pounds). Significant Some significance Two-storeyed plastered block of simple “oldest café in
but what at the time was a beautifully laid- At the time grandest hotel in X X design but with pronounced art deco Muizenberg”? Significant Some significance
out open space in front of Grant’s Muizenberg. Sold 1982 and X X ornamentation along cornice. X
Magnificent Pavilion. Its central bay, rising turned into apartments. WM X Very significant X
slightly above the rest, has three vertical p.95-6. WS p.97. Historical X
windows. The building has a rounded left Rarity
corner, but minimal decoration. Street level Very significant Aesthetic/architectural X
with arcade over paired columns. Left part Cultural
of building originally lower (it is actually a Social history
few years later than the rest), but was Landmark
raised a few years later, still asymmetrical.
The long seaside elevation now lacks any
interest, but at one stage had a much more
attractive fenestration. The Balmoral is the
only remaining one of Muizenberg’s many
hotels from its golden age.

Historical
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15 ALEXANDER ROAD – COTTAGE PIC 208 19 ALEXANDER ROAD - APARTMENT PIC 209

21 ALEXANDER ROAD – DWELLING PIC 210 31A ALEXANDER ROAD – DWELLING PIC 211

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33A ALEXANDER STREET – DWELLING PIC 212 20-24 ALEXANDER ROAD – DWELLINGS PIC 213

Street address Erf number Type of structure Name Street address Erf number Type of structure Name
33a Alexander St 86661 Dwelling 20-24 Alexander Rd S cnr Westbury Rd 87331 Complex of dwellings Hof-van-Holland
Date built Present use NHRA status Style Date built Present use NHRA status
Style C.1920 Dwelling Italianate 1919 Retirement complex
History/literature Alterations/condition Grading (sugg.) Description History/literature Alterations/condition Grading (sugg.)
Description IIIc A rather charming u-shaped complex of Arch. M. Damstra for J. IIIa
Plastered double-storey under hipped red- Very significant five (now six) single-storey flat-roofed Loopuyt
tile roof, its central facade section Significant Some significance cottages of strikingly restrained design (see
projecting under lean-to roof, both its X also 6-8 Melrose Rd, 1931, by the same Very significant
lower portico and the balcony above architect). Elegant common gate-entrance Significant Some significance
entirely built in. with colonnade to wings. X X

Historical Historical
Rarity Rarity
Aesthetic/architectural Aesthetic/architectural
Cultural Cultural
Social history Social history
Landmark Landmark

5 AND 7-9 WESTBURY ROAD – DWELLINGS PIC 214 1 WATSON ROAD – FLATS PIC 215

Street address Erf number Type of structure Name Street address Erf number Type of structure Name
5 And 7-9 Westbury Rd cnr Maynard Rd 87333 Dwellings 1 Watson Rd cnr Alexander Rd 87339 Flats Silver Court
Date built Present use NHRA status Style Date built Present use NHRA status
Style C.1915 Apartments Late art deco, early modern C.1942 Flats
Late-Victorian History/literature Alterations/condition Grading (sugg.) Description History/literature Alterations/condition Grading (sugg.)
Description IIIc On a pointed intersection, a highly IIIa
Two double-storey blocks, one of two Very significant interesting, boldly designed double-storey, Very significant
units, one of one, with solid, probably Significant Some significance making clever use of its tapering erf. It has
slightly later veranda/balconies, partly built X some lingering art deco elements, but is
in. rather a “cubist” interplay of facade Significant Some significance
sections, horizontal moulds, porthole X
Historical windows, rising window bays, balconies. X
Rarity X
Aesthetic/architectural Historical
Cultural Rarity
Social history Aesthetic/architectural
Landmark Cultural
Social history
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33A ALEXANDER STREET – DWELLING PIC 212 20-24 ALEXANDER – DWELLINGS PIC 213

5 AND 7-9 WESTBURY ROAD – DWELLINGS PIC 214 1 WATSON ROAD – FLATS PIC 215
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6 WATSON ROAD - DWELLING PIC 216 8 WATSON ROAD - DWELLING PIC 217

Street address Erf number Type of structure Name Street address Erf number Type of structure Name
6 Watson Rd 87319 Dwelling NHRA status 8 Watson Rd 87320 Dwelling NHRA status
Style Date built Present use Grading (sugg.) Style Date built Present use Grading (sugg.)
Cape Dutch Revival? C.1920 Dwelling C.1930 Dwelling
Description History/literature Alterations/condition Description History/literature Alterations/condition
Single-storey under hipped tile roof, a full- Single-storey under red-tile hipped roof, its
width veranda with Doric columns, its Very significant core built up to two storeys with a solid, Very significant Significant Some significance
centre with a narrow “Dutch” gable over a semi-circular balcony. X
projecting arched entrance portico. Significant Some significance
X Historical
Historical Rarity
Rarity Aesthetic/architectural
Aesthetic/architectural Cultural
Cultural Social history
Social history Landmark
Landmark

9 WATSON ROAD – DWELLING PIC 218 11 WATSON ROAD – DWELLING PIC 219

Street address Erf number Type of structure Name Street address Erf number Type of structure Name
9 Watson Rd 87334 Dwelling 11 Watson Rd 87335 Dwelling
Style Date built Present use NHRA status Date built Present use NHRA status
C.1920 Dwelling Style C.1915 Dwelling
Description History/literature Alterations/condition Grading (sugg.) History/literature Alterations/condition Grading (sugg.)
Slate-roofed cottage with “Dutch” gables. IIIc Description IIIc
Very significant Significant Some significance Double-storey under high hipped slate roof Very significant
Historical which continues downwards to form an
Rarity (also hipped) veranda cover. Some use of Significant Some significance
Aesthetic/architectural stone on the front part. A large central X
Cultural dormer, flush with the veranda, its front
Social history clapboarded.
Landmark
Historical
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8 WATSON ROAD - DWELLING PIC 217

6 WATSON ROAD - DWELLING PIC 216

9 WATSON ROAD – DWELLING PIC 218 11 WATSON ROAD – DWELLING PIC 219

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2, 4 FRASER ROAD – DWELLINGS PIC 220 1, 3 FRASER ROAD – APARTMENTS PIC 221

Street address Erf number Type of structure Name Street address Erf number Type of structure Name
2, 4 Fraser Rd (No.4 on cnr Cromer Rd) 86695, 86697 Dwellings 1, 3 Fraser Rd 94336 Apartments
Style Date built Present use NHRA status Style Date built Present use NHRA status
Late Victorian C.1910 Dwellings Late-Victorian C.1910 Apartments
Description History/literature Alterations/condition Grading (sugg.) Description History/literature Alterations/condition Grading (sugg.)
Pair of single-storey cottages, each with a IIIc Two impressive, once identical blocks, two IIIb
stoepkamers under “Dutch” gable and a Very significant storeys on a basement storey. Both have a Very significant
veranda on Doric columns, with quoined Significant Some significance full-height bay section right, a recessed Significant Some significance
corners. Their fronts are placed obliquely X veranda/balcony (that of no. 1 enclosed). X
because of the blunt angle of Cromer Rd. Elegant split stairs to the entrance level. X

Historical Historical X
Rarity Rarity
Aesthetic/architectural Aesthetic/architectural
Cultural Cultural
Social history Social history
Landmark Landmark

12-20 FRASER ROAD – COTTAGE PIC 222 22 FRASER ROAD – DWELLING PIC 223

Street address Erf number Type of structure Name Street address Erf number Type of structure Name
12-20 Fraser Rd (No.20 cnr Hansen Rd) 148607, 86726, 169838, Cottages 22 Fraser Rd cnr Hansen Rd; Also 16 164733 Dwelling
169837, 169836 Hansen Rd Date built
Style Date built Present use NHRA status Style C.1905 Present use NHRA status
Late-Victorian C.1915 Dwellings Victorian History/literature Dwelling
Description History/literature Alterations/condition Grading (sugg.) Description Alterations/condition Grading (sugg.)
Row of five originally identical cottages, Much altered, modern IIIc Lined up with Hansen Rd and therefore Very significant IIIb
set obliquely to correspond with hansen rd Very significant verandas. oblique to Fraser Rd, one of a pair of
angle. single-storeyed houses, two of the few
Significant Some significance stone houses in central Muizenberg. It has
Historical a bay window on the right part of its
Rarity X facade. Its back wing in Hansen Street; Significant Some significance
Aesthetic/architectural (no.16) has a good cast-iron veranda. X
Cultural X X
Social history Historical
Landmark Rarity X
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Cultural 129
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6 FRASER ROAD – DWELLINGS PIC 220 1, 3 FRASER ROAD – APARTMENTS PIC 221

12-20 FRASER ROAD – COTTAGE PIC 222 22 FRASER ROAD – DWELLING PIC 223

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24 FRASER ROAD – DWELLING PIC 224 16 FRANKFORT ROAD – APARTMENTS PIC 225

Street address Erf number Type of structure Name Street address Erf number Type of structure Name
24 Fraser Rd cnr Palmer Rd 86772 Dwelling 16 frankfort Rd cnr Fraser Rd 86839 Apartments Rodlean Court
Style Date built Present use NHRA status Style Date built Present use NHRA status
Victorian C.1905 Dwelling Late-victorian 1915 Flats
Description History/literature Alterations/condition Grading (sugg.) Description History/literature Alterations/condition Grading (sugg.)
Similar to no.22, also stone with bay Later portico IIIc Block-shaped double-storey, its full two- IIIc
window. Unsuitable later plastered Very significant unit Frankfort Street front with plain Very significant
entrance portico. Significant Some significance balcony/veranda on Doric columns. A
scrolled parapet is dated 1913.
Historical Significant Some significance
Rarity Historical X
Aesthetic/architectural X Rarity X
Cultural Aesthetic/architectural
Social history X Cultural
Landmark Social history
Landmark

5 CLEVEDON ROAD – SHOP / DWELLINGS PIC 226 31 CLEVEDON ROAD - DWELLING PIC 227

Street address Erf number Type of structure Name Street address Erf number Type of structure Name
5 Clevedon Rd cnr Fraser Rd 86894 Shop/dwellings 31 Clevedon Rd 86682 Dwelling
Style Date built Present use NHRA status Style Date built Present use NHRA status
C.1915 Shop, dwelling C.1925 Dwelling
Description History/literature Alterations/condition Grading (sugg.) Description History/literature Alterations/condition Grading (sugg.)
On the acute angle, a double-storey with a IIIc Double-storey under hipped slate roof, in IIIb
stout, later veranda. There is some late-art Very significant typical Muizenberg style, with the central Very significant
nouveau stained-glass. Significant Some significance three-bay section of its five bays projecting
under roof hip, its portico three-arched, the
Historical balcony above still open. Significant Some significance
Rarity X
Aesthetic/architectural X Historical
Cultural Rarity
Social history Aesthetic/architectural
Landmark Cultural
Social history
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24 FRASER ROAD – DWELLING PIC 224 16 FRANKFORT ROAD – APARTMENTS PIC 225

5 CLEVEDON ROAD – SHOP / DWELLINGS PIC 226 31 CLEVEDON ROAD - DWELLING PIC 227

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33 CLEVEDON – FLATS PIC 228 41 CLEVEDON ROAD - DWELLING PIC 229

Street address Erf number Type of structure Name Street address Erf number Type of structure Name
33 Clevedon cnr Albertyn Rds 86631 Flats Clevedon Mansions 41 Clevedon Rd 86627 Dwelling NHRA status
Style Date built Present use NHRA status Style Date built Present use Grading (sugg.)
Art deco C.1938 Six flats Late art deco C.1940 Dwelling
Description History/literature Alterations/condition Grading (sugg.) Description History/literature Alterations/condition
Highly idiosyncratic double-storey. Both IIIa Double-storey of simple, slightly
entrances (one in Albertyn Rd) emphasized Very significant nondescript design, under hipped slate Very significant
with three vertical buttresses, narrow roof, a broad full-height bay section under Significant Some significance
stairwell windows between, standing on a flat roof projecting on its left. It is included X
canopy slab. Flanking balconies are Significant Some significance here because of its lingering, entirely
embraced by walls with quadrant-shaped X X simplified art deco elements: three plaster
ends. A triple plaster band wraps round the X bands under the windows.
clevedon facade, drooping at the ends. One
of the most emphatic art deco statements in Historical
the area.. Rarity
Aesthetic/architectural
Historical Cultural
Rarity Social history
Aesthetic/architectural Landmark
Cultural
Social history
Landmark

2-4 CROMER ROAD – DWELLINGS PIC 230 31 CROMER ROAD – DWELLING PIC 231

Street address Erf number Type of structure Name Street address Erf number Type of structure Name
2-4 Cromer Rd 86635 Two dwellings Oblowitz Court 31 Cromer Rd Date built Dwelling Arbuthnot
Date built Present use NHRA status Style C.1925 Present use NHRA status
Style C.1930 Two dwellings History/literature Dwelling
History/literature Alterations/condition Grading (sugg.) Description Alterations/condition Grading (sugg.)
Description IIIc Rectangular double-storey under hipped Very significant IIIc
Wide double-storey under red-tile roof, its Very significant slate roof also covering the balcony/
front with flanking bargeboard gables, each Significant Some significance veranda in front, both resting on paired
with two large windows over two-arched X Doric columns.
recessed porticoes. Significant Some significance
Historical X
Historical Rarity
Rarity Aesthetic/architectural
Aesthetic/architectural Cultural
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18 AXMINSTER RD – DWELLING PIC 252 NE CNR WINDERMERE – DWELLING PIC 253

Street address Erf number Type of structure Name Street address Erf number Type of structure Name
18 Axminster Rd S cnr Ermington Rd 87423 Dwelling NE cnr Windermere/ Dartmouth Rds Date built Dwelling Windermere House
Style Date built Present use NHRA status Style C.1930 Present use NHRA status
C.1920 Dwelling History/literature Dwelling
Description History/literature Alterations/condition Grading (sugg.) Description Alterations/condition Grading (sugg.)
A substantial double-storey under hipped IIIb Substantial double-storey on base, under Very significant IIIc
slate roof. Its well-articulated masses are Very significant hipped slate roof, its bold front projection
all well expressed by the roof. They half-hipped, with small metal balcony, the Significant Some significance
include boldly projecting wings, both to entrance set beside the front projection. X
the front and the left side, each with paired
windows separated by paired columns and Historical
with decoratively glazed top lights and Rarity
“Cape Dutch” wavy plaster band below Aesthetic/architectural
and above, with an (enclosed) balcony Cultural
above. Another bay section in the corner Social history
next to the front projection. Landmark

Historical Significant Some significance
Rarity X
Aesthetic/architectural X F.various
Cultural
Social history
Landmark

NE CNR YARMOUTH – DWELLING PIC 254 ABOVE BOYES – STONE QUARRY PIC 255

Street address Erf number Type of structure Name Street address Erf number Type of structure Name
Ne cnr Yarmouth/ Windermere Rds 87895 Dwelling Abandoned stone Lake View Quarry
Date built Present use NHRA status Above Boyes Drive near Lakeside Station quarry
Style C.1935 Dwelling Present use NHRA status
Cape Dutch Revival History/literature Alterations/condition Grading (sugg.) Style Date built
Description IIIc
An L-shaped double-storey, with “dutch” Very significant Description History/literature Alterations/condition Grading (sugg.)
end-gables on both wings (their sides Significant Some significance One of three sites on Significant IIIc
projecting beyond the wall to hide the X Historical Muizenberg’s mountain
gutters, which looks very “un-Cape”). Rarity slopes where stone quarries Some significance
Aesthetic/architectural were operative from the
Historical Cultural 1880s till well into last
Rarity Social history century. The stone, a
Aesthetic/architectural Landmark quartzite sandsone with
Cultural white pebbles, was used in
Social history some of the town's finest
Landmark buildings and boundary
walls. A cableway was used
at Lake View to transport
the stone to the Main Road
below. WM p.77-8. .

Very significant

X

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18 AXMINSTER ROAD – DWELLING PIC 252 NE CNR WINDERMERE – DWELLING PIC 253

NE CNR YARMOUTH – DWELLING PIC 254 ABOVE BOYES – STONE QUARRY PIC 255

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BOTTOM OF OLD BOYES DRIVE – STONE QUARRY PIC 256 GILL RD – STONE QUARRY PIC 257

Street address Erf number Type of structure Name Street address Erf number Type of structure Name
Bottom of Old Boyes Drive Date built Abandoned stone Mountain View Gill Rd Date built Abandoned stone Prof. Gill’s
quarry quarry. quarry
Style Present use NHRA status Style Present use Quarries

NHRA status

Description History/literature Alterations/condition Grading (sugg.) Description History/literature Alterations/condition Grading (sugg.)
Operative 1885-1915. WM Significant IIIc Prof. James Gill owner a Significant Some significance
Historical p.78-9. See Lake View Historical long strip of land all the way
Rarity Quarries. Some significance Rarity from the park to the north,
Aesthetic/architectural Very significant Aesthetic/architectural roughly where Hillcrest Rd
Cultural Cultural is today. His own house,
Social history Social history where he lived 1889 till his
Landmark Landmark death in 1904, stood just
north of the present
synagogue. On his land he
ran quarries serviced by a
branch railway line. Gill
donated the stone for the
construction of All Saints
Church lower down. WM
p.79-80.
Very significant

ZANDVLEI LAGOON PIC 258

Street address Erf number Type of structure Name
Lagoon Zandvlei
Style Date built Present use NHRA status
Outdoor entertainment Grading (sugg.)
Description History/literature Alterations/condition IIb PIC 259
The Zandvlei lagoon in its original form is That it has been dredged to
a natural feature. It was formed by the form a proper watersports Significant Some significance Street address Erf number Type of structure Name
water from minor streams: the Keyser, facility, and its banks X Style Date built Bridge Thesen’s Bridge
Spaanschemat and Sand rivers, damming heightened and solidified X Present use
up behind the Muizenberg dune ridge. It for recreational purposes NHRA status
now has a channelized outlet onto the (including kite flying
beach. As the name suggests, it has long competitions). The Marina Description History/literature Alterations/condition Grading (sugg.)
been a “vlei” – a sedgy marsh – rather than da Gama suburb is also laid The Zandvlei lagoon (see above) separates A wooden bridge was built IIIb
a lake, and along the Main Road it still out on ground reclaimed the central village from its eastern by timber merchant N.P.
forms a (protected) vleiland. But the from the vlei. The Zandvlei extension. In its own right it constitutes an Thesen in 1927, slightly east Some significance
lagoon as it is today is partly man-made. is still a distinctive invaluable green lung and entertainment of Alexander Rd. It did not X
Muizenburg landmark. area. The bridge, a little distance from the stand up to the elements and X
Historical Very significant Royal Rd bridge, provides more direct in 1999 was replaced by the X
Rarity pedestrian access. It was installed in 1999, present bridge.
Aesthetic/architectural X on a light concrete understructure, with a
Cultural simple wooden railing. A plaque donated
Social history by the Thesen family relates the history of
Landmark the first bridge.

Historical Very significant Significant
Rarity
Aesthetic/architectural
Cultural
Social history
Landmark

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