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eleven bedrooms, a kitchen and one bathroom. Thomas Anderson moved permanently to this
home on the death of his wife Maria in 1903, and spent the rest of his life here until he died in

1930. It was a house that had many happy memories for his children and grandchildren.

In terms of his will it was left to his daughter Evangeline (Effie) who had married Elliot
Stanford and farmed in East Griqualand. (Fig. 3.94.) In 1937 she sold the property to Hugh

Solomon. That same year he employed architect Brian Mansergh to draw plans for a new
house but the application was rejected as the house would have been within 5ft of the

boundary line. In 1938 Solomon applied to have Quarterdeck demolished in terms of the

1920 Slum Clearance Act. The surveyor noted that it was ‘not in a good state’ and
permission was given to demolish and this long-lived link with Kalk Bay disappeared.

In 1947 the land was bought by Louis Marie Joseph Keyzer for £3,650. He was an

industrialist, born in Tilburg, Holland in 1892. (Fig. 3.95.) Louis Keyzer had married his wife
Suzanne in Belgium and at least two of his children, Suzy and Jack were born there. It is

believed he came to the Cape from the Belgian Congo and that he owned a factory in Cape
Town.

In 1949, then living at Beaufort Cottage, he employed the architectural partnership of Leeb

and Ritchie-Fallon to design the house we see today. Plans to the value of a substantial
£7,000 were passed and the house was completed by builder F C Greenaway on 30 March

1950. Unfortunately the original plans are missing from the archive envelope. (Fig. 3.96.)

Conclusion

The aerial photo from the 1950s shows the Quarterdeck area ‘complete’. (Figs. 3.97 & 3.98.)

But comparison of this with the 2016 image shows that some buildings, such as the Klipskool
(now Dalebrook carpark), have disappeared over the years, as have the 20-odd bathing boxes