Groote Schuur

Year

1897

Architect

Type

building

Cecil Rhodes commissioned Baker to transform a derelict 18th-century granary into his private residence, and the resulting house gave both Baker and the Cape Dutch Revival their defining monument. Baker kept the massive whitewashed walls an …

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