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Old Cape Colony; a chronicle of her men and houses from 1652-1806 (1903)

Trotter, Alys Fane (Keatinge), Mrs · Westminster : A. Constable & co., ltd. · leaf 155

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on the east by the land of theCommander, according to the old deed whichwas actually drawn up six years later. Thisearly home, from which you can see and alnosthear the thundering breakers of Bay Falso, has 145 K OLD CAPE COLONY a primitive little gable, typical of what maybe called the parent… … ZWAANSWIJK. of oaks consequently leads up to the barn in-stead of the later dwelHng house. The colonial builder, whoever he was, designedhouses one-storied, wider, and suited to thevast surroundings of the veld rather than to thetall narrow streets at home. Their prototypesare more often to be…

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