30 March 2008

A different kind of pretty

posted by Kerry-Anne
This house, and many others like it, can be found just a few kilometres from the Bo-Kaap area, in the quiet neighbourhood of Tamboerskloof. Situated between the city proper and Lion's Head, Tamboerskloof is filled with quaint Victorian houses, most of which were built between 1895 and 1905.

At that time the city centre simply couldn't house the large numbers of people arriving from Europe and the northern parts of South Africa, and so the farms on the slopes of Lion’s Head had to be sub-divided to make space for the exploding population.

2 Comments:

Blogger CrazyCow said...

These old victorian buildings always have such air about them, even when they are neglected.

01 April 2008 11:30  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Tamboerskloof is truly a beautiful place. The Property magazine has a nice write-up on there site about Tamboerskloof.

15 July 2008 09:46  

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