Hawthorndon House

Hawthorndon House is a double-storeyed house on Herschel Walk in the suburb of Wynberg in Cape Town, South Africa. The house likely dates from 1683, but was substantially rebuilt in the French Victorian style in 1881 by a Capt. John Spence.

Hawthornden House
Hawthornden House from its garden
General information
AddressHerschell Walk
Town or cityWynberg, Cape Town
CountrySouth Africa
Current tenantsLabia Family
Year(s) built1683
ClientJohn Spence
OwnerWestern Cape Government

It was bought by the Randlord Sir J.B. Robinson in 1891 and was where he lived until his death in 1927. Count Natale Labia, grandson of J.B. Robinson, donated Hawthornden to what is now the Government of the Western Cape Province in 1978, but will continue to live there during his lifetime.

The site was declared as a national monument in 1983 and became a provincial heritage site in 2000 when the legislation changed. In 2014 the area protected was extended to include the entire remaining gardens.

Hawthornden is one of the major surviving examples of high style Victorian domestic architecture in Cape Town. It is a private dwelling and is not open to the public.

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