BLES, 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 are 60… … WINE HOUSE AT GROOT CONSTANTIA. it still goes by the name of the Jonkers house.Architecturally the little gables here are inter-esting, showing as they do the transition of theDutch gable into the gable of the Cape. Facing the courtyard behind Constantia 61 OLD CAPE COLONY homestead is the old wine…
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