Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3418BB20
    Site Name
    Quinan House, Inner De Beers Avenue, AECI, Somerset West
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Archaeology Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Recording date
    Primary?
    Yes
    Built Environment Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Building type
    Architectural features

    Bibliography archive: Halkett & Hart 1996. App 4. p.21

    Associated People
    History of use
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -34.083333, 18.85
      Western Cape
      • City of Cape Town
      Land Parcel Details
      Type of land parcel
      Street Address
      Land Parcel Reference
      Inner De Beers Avenue
      AECI, Somerset West
      Cape Town
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Statement of Significance

      The gracious homestead was designed by the firm Baker and Masey and built in 1901 as residence for the factory manager of De Beers Cape Explosive Works. The first two general managers were William Quinan and Kenneth Quinan, after who the house was named following its restoration in 1973.

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Declaration Description
      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      7493
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      572
      Deeds Number
      Deed of Transfer 6330/1906, dated 16 July 1906.
      Archive Status
      National monument
      Media
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