Kleine Schuur Parktown

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Kleine Schuur, "the perfect cottage", set the style for Rhodes Avenue in 1910. It was designed by Baker and Fleming for artist/cartoonist Denis Santry. Santry presumably chose the name mockingly referring to the difference between himself and Cecil John Rhodes for whom Baker had built Groote Schuur. Santry's political satire, much of it focused on World War I, was created in the studio within, the steeply pitched roof. He left in 1918 for Singapore to work as an architect. The next owner was J.A. Ashburnham, Chief Magistrate of Johannesburg. (Blue plaque)

Rating:

Pending Rating

Original Owner:

Denis Santry

Builder:

Unknown

Architect:

Not applicable

Architectural Firm:

Baker & Fleming

Location Details

Street Number:

Street Name:

Rhodes Avenue

Township:

Parktown

Erf Number:

266

SG ID:

T0IR0502000000002660000000

Links and Sources

Source/s:

Blue plaque research

Declaration Status:

Not Declared

Blue Plaque:

Yes

Construction Date - Completion:

1910

Circa:

1910-1919