A Guide to the Old Buildings of the Cape explained

Italic Title:	The Old Buildings of the Cape
Author:	Hans Fransen
Orig Lang Code:	English
Country:	South Africa
Language:	English
Subject:	architecture
Genre:	reference
Publisher:	A.A. Balkema
Pub Date:	1980
Media Type:	hardcover
Pages:	456
Isbn:	0869611232

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.^[1] First published in 1965 and since updated, the book is a widely recognised desk reference on the subject.

Corroborating sources include Picard,^[2] Pearse,^[3] Lewcock^[4] and Obholzer.^[5]

Examples

Notable buildings listed in the book include:

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Fransen, Hans. A Guide to the Old Buildings of the Cape. 2004. Jonathan Ball Publishers. Johannesburg & Cape Town. 1-86842-191-0. Mary Alexander Cook.
2. Book: Picard, Hymen W. J.. Gentleman's Walk: The Romantic Story of Cape Town's Oldest Streets, Lanes and Squares. 1968. Struik. Cape Town.
3. Book: Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott. Eighteenth Century Architecture in South Africa. 1933. A. A. Balkema. Cape Town.
4. Book: Lewcock, Ronald. Early Nineteenth Century Architecture in South Africa. 1963. A. A. Balkema. Cape Town.
5. Book: The Cape House and its Interior. Stellenbosch Museum. Stellenbosch. 0-620-04259-1. A. M. Obholzer. M. Baraitser & W.D. Malherbe. 1985 . W.D. Malherbe, N. Beyers & H. Fransen.