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View of the rear of Groote Schuur, c. 1905. The fourth son of nine children of Thomas Henry Baker (1824–1904), J.P., of Owletts, a gentleman farmer and director of the Kent Fire and Life Insurance Company, by his wife Frances Georgina (née Davis), [4] [5] Herbert was from the outset exposed to a tradition of good craftsmanship, preserved through isolation in the neighbourhood of his home in ...
St. George's Cathedral is both the metropolitical church of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa and a congregation in the Diocese of Cape Town. The cathedral was designed by Sir Herbert Baker and the first stones of the foundation were laid in 1901. [2] The cathedral replaced an incomplete church that was originally built at that site.
Pages in category "Herbert Baker buildings and structures" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Cathedral of St Mary and All Saints, Harare is an Anglican cathedral in Zimbabwe.The cathedral, located at the intersection of Nelson Mandela Avenue and Sam Nujoma Street in Harare, was begun in 1913 to plans by British architect Herbert Baker; he also designed the cathedrals of Cape Town and Johannesburg.
Sir Herbert Baker The Union Buildings ( Afrikaans : Uniegebou ) form the official seat of the South African Government and also house the offices of the President of South Africa . The imposing buildings are located in Pretoria , atop Meintjeskop at the northern end of Arcadia , close to historic Church Square .
The present church building is the second on the site, designed in 1908 and then built in 1910, both by Sir Herbert Baker. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The original church was a tin building with a concrete and stone foundation, very similar in style to the miners' dwellings of the late 19th century and early 20th century period, as was found on the East Rand ...
The building, which is probably the oldest existing building in South Africa, was reconstructed by Sir Herbert Baker in 1894. It formed the focal point of an avenue of oak trees running up the hillside from Rustenburg House, and which, on the instigation of Cecil John Rhodes, was replanted with plumbago, japonica, jacaranda and turkey oaks.
To the northwest of the church is a lychgate designed by Sir Herbert Baker in 1929, consisting of a pyramidal roof on ogee timber framing. [ 3 ] The churchyard contains 57 Commonwealth war graves of service personnel, 9 from World War I and 48 (predominately Royal Air Force ) from World War II . [ 8 ]