Villa d'Este (Johannesburg)
| Villa d'Este | |
|---|---|
Gordon Leith David Morrison |
Villa d'Este (Johannesburg) is a National Heritage site in
South African Heritage Resource Agency, and on the List of heritage sites in Gauteng. It is located at 82 Jan Smuts Avenue in Saxonwold
.
History
The house was designed by architect
Gordon Leith in 1923,[1] as a house in Spanish style for the epidemiologist A. J. Orenstein.[2] It was purchased in 1957 by English architect David Morrison (1910–2000), who then spent many years changing the house to a pastiche of an Italian villa with its formal gardens, which reminded the architect of the Villa d'Este at Tivoli near Rome. It has a main pool at the front which is a swimming pool, statues and fountains, and a Jacuzzi and sauna. David Morrison lived in the house until 1993, when it was purchased by an interior designer who had the gardens renovated and replanted with junipers and cypresses.[3]
From 2013–2016 it was used as business premises for a health spa.
References
- ^ "Villa D'Este". The Heritage Register. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
- ^ House A.J.Orenstein
- ^ Looking North magazine, Johannesburg, South Africa, 12 October 1994. p.12, article by Kay Montgomery
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External links
- Camelot Spa at Villa d'Este
- Artefacts: Villa d'Este
- Artefacts.co.za Johannesburg - Gauteng House A. J. Orenstein, Villa d'Este