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Fig. 3.1: THEN: St. James cnr. Main & Braemar roads, c. 1906. Greystones built 1903
prominent in centre; Eastcliffe & Lynton built 1903 for W P Schreiner, Premier of Cape
Colony 1898-1900; shop and cottage of George Withinshaw in foreground. Fig. 3.2: NOW:
In 2017 all houses survive but shop & cottage replaced by mansion Ceolnamara (music of
the sea in Scottish Gaelic) in Cape Dutch Revival style for William Robb built 1921 and
owned by Robb family till 1984.