ll is paved with old square flags,and one room with Dutch glazed tiles. Latches,bolts and hinges are finely designed, probablyby the skilled workmen going out via Table Bayto the Indies and other settlements. We hearin 1690 of a coppersmith, carpenters and masons 59 OLD CAPE COLONY being sent from… … SIDE GABLES, GROOT CONSTANTIA. the gable is, with some modifications, the gableof the old houses of Holland. I think theyalmost certainly belonged to the original house,though it has been suggested that the statueof Plenty in the fagade was placed there later.To the right as you approach the house…
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