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A Guide to the Old Buildings of the Cape

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Language
  
English

Publisher
  
A.A. Balkema

Media type
  
hardcover

Originally published
  
1980

Page count
  
456

ISBN
  
0869611232

Subject
  
architecture

Publication date
  
1980

Pages
  
456

Author
  
Hans Fransen

Genre
  
Reference

Country
  
South Africa

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The Old Buildings of the Cape is a book by Hans Fransen, subtitled in its latest edition A survey of extant architecture from before c. 1910 in the area of Cape Town–Calvinia–Colesberg–Uitenhage. It lists extant and lost buildings and structures in the Cape Province of South Africa. First published in 1965 and since updated, the book is a widely recognised desk reference on the subject.

Corroborating sources include Picard, Pearse, Lewcock and Obholzer.

Examples

Notable buildings listed in the book include:

  • Castle of Good Hope
  • Koopmans-de Wet House
  • Palm Tree Mosque
  • References

    A Guide to the Old Buildings of the Cape Wikipedia