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 . Later, the farm and farmhouse was sold into private hands. Groote Schuur was later acquired by William De Smidt, and remained in the family's possession until it was sold by Abraham De Smidt, Surveyor General of the Cape Colony, in 1878, and was bought by Hester Anna van der Byl of the prominent Van Der Byl / Coetsee family. In 1891 Cecil Rhodes leased it from her. He later bought it from her in 1893 for £60 000, and had it converted and refurbished by the architect Sir Herbert Baker . The Cape Dutch building, located in Rondebosch , on the slopes of Devil's Peak , the outlying shoulder of Table Mountain, was originally part of the Dutch East India Company 's granary constructed in the seventeenth century.
17-408: Little of the original house remained after a fire in 1896. The traditional thatched roof was replaced by sturdier Welsh slates. Rhodes gave no strict instructions as to what he wanted from Baker. Rhodes abhorred any mechanically made items (such as hinges for windows) in the house and set out to remove them and have them replaced with brass and bronze items that would be cast. Baker replaced the front of
34-517: A corbel , bracket or similar is called an oriel window . " Rawashin " is a traditional and distinctive style of corbelled bay window in Jeddah , Saudi Arabia (e.g., as on the frontage of Nasseef House ). Most medieval bay windows and up to the Baroque era are oriel windows. They frequently appear as a highly ornamented addition to the building rather than an organic part of it. Particularly during
51-478: A 2012 study that had a machine learning algorithm examine a random sample of 25,000 photos of cities from Google Street View . Bay (architecture) In architecture , a bay is the space between architectural elements, or a recess or compartment. The term bay comes from Old French baie , meaning an opening or hole. The Japanese ken and Korean kan are both bays themselves and measurements based upon their number and standard placement. Under
68-415: A building and forming a bay in a room. It typically consists of a central windowpane, called a fixed sash, flanked by two or more smaller windows, known as casement or double-hung windows. The arrangement creates a panoramic view of the outside, allows more natural light to enter the room, and provides additional space within the room. Bay windows are often designed to extend beyond the exterior wall, forming
85-579: A land of 2.6 million whites and 10 million nonwhites. The party was given by some of the younger nationalists and their wives to honor him. They organized a caravan of 130 vehicles and slowly drove up to the Groote Schuur. After reaching the house, they began to sing old Boer war songs—the Volksliederen of the Transvaal and Orange Free State. A speech was given by Mrs. M. D. J. Koster, the only female member of
102-477: A significant role in the furnishing of the house. After initially furnishing with modern furniture from London , Rhodes, influenced by Baker, began a shift from the modern to more traditional Cape furniture. This would mark the beginning of Cecil Rhodes ’ collection of colonial furnishings. The gardens of the house were as Rhodes demanded 'masses of colour'. Surrounding the house was a mass of roses, hydrangeas, cannas, bougainvilleas and fuchsias. Farther away from
119-468: A small nook or seating area inside, which can be used for various purposes such as reading, display, or simply enjoying the view. They are commonly found in residential buildings, particularly in living rooms, dining areas, or bedrooms, but can also be seen in commercial or public structures. Bay window is a generic term for all protruding window constructions, regardless of whether they are curved or angular, or run over one or multiple storeys . In plan,
136-651: The Gothic period they often serve as small house chapels , with the oriel window containing an altar and resembling an apse of a church. Especially in Nuremberg these are even called Chörlein ( lit. ' little apse/ choir ' ), with the most famous example being the one from the parsonage of St. Sebaldus Church . In Islamic architecture , oriel windows such as the Arabic mashrabiya are frequently made of wood and allow viewing out while restricting visibility from
153-503: The Republic of South Africa , on 4 May 1990. The document was a commitment between the two parties towards the resolution of the existing climate of violence and intimidation as well as a commitment to stability and to a peaceful process of negotiations. A working party was established to investigate the granting of temporary immunity to ANC cadres , to advise on how to deal with the release of political prisoners and to make recommendations on
170-600: The US, Canada, and Australia. Following the pioneering model of pre-modern commercial architecture at the Oriel Chambers in Liverpool , they feature on early Chicago School skyscrapers, where they often run the whole height of the building's upper storeys. They also feature in bay-and-gable houses commonly found in older portions of Toronto . Bay windows were identified as a defining characteristic of San Francisco architecture in
187-578: The definition of political offences. Under Nelson Mandela , as President of the Republic of South Africa , the Genadendal building (formerly called Westbrooke) became the Cape Town residence of the South African President. Groote Schuur is now a museum and open to the public only by appointment. Bay window A bay window is a window space projecting outward from the main walls of
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#1732851113974204-400: The house on the slopes of Devil's Peak, Rhodes kept antelopes, zebra, eland, wildebeest and ostriches. Rhodes was always a generous host while at Groote Schuur. He used the residence as much as a business and political headquarters as a home. His life at the time was one of dinner parties and meetings on the stoep, where he would be joined by as many as fifty people. From 1910 to 1984, it was
221-413: The house, added a long stoep in the back and constructed a new wing. The wing contained a billiard room and master bedroom above on the second floor that contained a large bay window overlooking Devil's Peak. He also added a grand hall with a massive fireplace. The house is home to 4 Flemish 17th century tapestries, depicting America , Africa , Europe and Victory. Sir Herbert Baker also played
238-416: The most frequently used shapes are isosceles trapezoid (which may be referred to as a canted bay window ) and rectangle . But other polygonal shapes with more than two corners are also common, as are curved shapes. If a bay window is curved it may alternatively be called bow window . Bay windows in a triangular shape with just one corner exist, but are relatively rare. A bay window supported by
255-556: The official Cape residence of the Prime Ministers of South Africa and continued as a presidential residence of P. W. Botha and F. W. De Klerk . However, P. W. Botha never resided there, opting rather to live in Westbrooke. In May 1956, Time magazine reported, "a party was held at Groote Schuur for South Africa's Nationalist Prime Minister Johannes Strydom after he had won the parliamentary campaign to continue white supremacy in
272-451: The outside. Especially in warmer climates, a bay window may be identical to a balcony with a privacy shield or screen. Bay windows can make a room appear larger, and provide views of the outside which would be unavailable with an ordinary flat window. They are found in terraced houses , semis , and detached houses as well as in blocks of flats . Based on British models, their use spread to other English-speaking countries like Ireland,
289-482: The parliament, 'Every white woman and every white mother thanks you from the depth of her heart.' Strydom’s response to this was, 'We must never be swerved from our goals ... the struggle must continue. ' " The building was the site for the signing of the historic "Groote Schuur Minute" between Nelson Mandela , of the African National Congress (ANC), and F. W. De Klerk , the then State President of
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