Bell Tower, Meerlust

Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott (1885-1968)

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Bell Tower, Meerlust

Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott (1885-1968); Tucker, Eric Gordon (b. 1910); Bustin, L.R.F.

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/9411

Date: 2009-03-31

Abstract:

Plan, elevation and section of the bell tower at the Cape Dutch homestead of Meerlust, measured by L.R.F. Bustin and redrawn by E.G. Tucker for prof. Geoffrey Pearse's book "Eighteenth Century Architecture in South Africa" – see page 44 for a description, and Plate 71 for the drawing. Plate 70 features a photograph of the bell tower and homestead by Arthur Elliot.