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On the site and foundations of Oude Wynberg. Built for a Captain Spence who went bankrupt during the process. JB Robinson bought it in 1890. Conservatory added in 1907.
Bibliography archive: Johnson, Brian Andrew 1979: 399; Viney, Graham 'Colonial Houses of South Africa' p 133
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- City of Cape Town
Herschell Walk
Wynberg
Cape Town
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archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency
The core of this double-storeyed house probably dates from 1683. The house was rebuilt in its present French Victorian style in 1881 by Capt. John Spence. Sir J. B. Robinson bought Hawthornden in 1891 and lived there until his death in 1927. Count Natale Labia, grandson of J. B. Robinson, donated Hawthornden to the Cape Provincial Administration in 1978, but retains usufruct thereof during his lifetime.
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