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The suburb includes the official residence of the Archbishop of Cape Town, which is known as Bishopscourt, [2] whence comes the name of the suburb. [3] In 2015, it was ranked the sixth richest suburb in South Africa with an average property value of R11 million. [4] The area hosts a large number of foreign consulates and embassies in Cape Town. [5]
Type of site: House. This is part of the oldest so-called garden city in South Africa. 9/2/031/0001/004 12 Meadway Pinelands, Cape Town Type of site: House. This is part of the oldest so-called garden city in South Africa. Cape Town, Pinelands: Goodwood Provincial Heritage Site
In the 1860s the estate was leased to the British Colonial Government so as to act as a country residence for Cape Governors during which time it is thought that Newlands Village was established. [3] A railway line to Cape Town central, extended from Salt River, was opened in the neighborhood on 19 December 1864. [3]
Groote Schuur in 1899. A view of Groote Schuur in 1988. Groote Schuur (pronounced [ˈɣroːtə ˈsxyːr]; Dutch for 'big shed') is an estate in Cape Town, South Africa.In 1657, the estate was owned by the Dutch East India Company which used it partly as a granary.
In 1969 the manor house became part of the South African Cultural History Museum, and in 1993 the estate passed into the ownership of the Groot Constantia Trust. The exhibition in the house is managed by Iziko South African Museum, and is particularly focused on rural slavery and the life of slaves during the early Cape colonial period.
The main house of the Groot Constantia vineyard near Cape Town. Cape Dutch architecture is an architectural style found mostly in the Western Cape of South Africa, but modern examples of the style have also been exported as far afield as Western Australia and New Zealand, typically on wine estates.
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