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Plans by Brian Mansergh were passed for an amount of £3,000 in 1940 and Robin Rise was
completed that year. A building inspection found that despite the assurances of the architect

the back of the house was in fact the front on to Prenton Street; the house was much bigger

than the plans showed so there was not enough of a gap to the boundary wall, and the lounge
had increased in size with the addition of a bay window not on the plan. The deviations were

all approved. (Fig. 3.90.)

The name of the house Robin Rise may have had a double meaning – it would catch the first

rays of the morning sun over the Bay – and Stratford’s son was named Robin – perhaps he

was an early riser. Justice Stratford owned this house for only about 4 years and then moved
to Claremont where he died in 1952. He sold the house to Wilfred Ford Marais in 1954 and it

remained in the Marais family until 1980.

Broadside

The house Broadside was possibly so-named as a naval connection to Quarterdeck. Plans

valued at a modest £1,800 were passed in 1941 and the house was completed on 4 December
that year by builder John Stuart. The architects were a well-known partnership between

Herbert T Jones and Richard ‘Dickie’ F R Day. (Fig. 3.91.)

The house was built across two erven and we have many of the values at which they changed

hands over the years. (Fig. 3.92.) There are several ‘historic’ – in Kalk Bay terms – names

involved so it is worth looking at the transactions in some detail. Erf 88656 is at the corner of
Quarterdeck and Kimberley Roads. In 1920 it was bought by Thomas Anderson’s sister Ellen

Ogilvie from Edmund Bourdillon for £300. On her death in 1926 it was left to her brother

Thomas and valued at £326 10s 0d on transfer. When he died in 1931 it was left to his three
children who sold it in 1937 to Hugh Ross Solomon for £350. Effectively in 17 years it had

appreciated in value by only £50.