Module 1
Exercise 1.7
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In preparation of the timed accuracy test, type the following for three minutes. How quickly daſt jumping zebras vex. Heavy boxes perform quick waltzes and jigs.
A hundred years aſter Cecil John Rhodes acquired the Groote Schuur Estate, the beautiful manor- house in its lovely surroundings remains a symbol of durability, and has become an integral part of the South African history.
In his will, Rhodes bequeathed the estate to the people of the country, and the document specified that his home should become a residence of the Prime Minister. Tis wish was fulfilled in 1910, eight years aſter Rhodes’s death, when the first Premier of the Union of South Africa took up residence. Since then, Groote Schuur has been used as the Cape residence of successive Prime Ministers. In the 1980s, the house was opened up as a museum, aſter the function of Prime Minister had been abolished; in 1990, it was redecorated and reverted to its function of housing the then State President. In the same year, the house became the scene of important negotiations and decisions in the writing of the new chapter in South African history which led to the formation of the democracy which we all now enjoy.
Groote Schuur is a large estate in the foothills of Devil’s Peak in Cape Town, with a stately manor- house surrounded by extensive gardens. One of the most valuable and unusual collections of treasures in South Africa is housed within the walls of the imposing dwelling.
Te estate dates back to the early days of the Cape when the first Dutch commander, Jan van Riebeeck, built a granary for the Dutch East India Company in 1657. When the company ran into serious financial difficulties a century later, estates were sold to burghers of the early Dutch colony. Groote Schuur (Big Barn), Onder Schuur and Kleine Schuur, became the property of HC Herold. A condition of sale was that no trees growing between Groote Schuur and Onder Schuur should be cut down.
During the next hundred years, the estate frequently changed hands and belonged, from time to time, to many well-known Capetonians. In 1806 the Cape became a British colony, and aſter the second half of the 19th governors of the Cape.
century, Groote Schuur was rented as a summer home by several British
Cecil Rhodes, then Prime Minister of the Cape, rented the estate from Mrs HA van der Byl in the early 1890s, a step which led to his buying the property and surrounding area in 1893. A chance meeting with the young British architect, Herbert Baker, on the slopes of Table Mountain, led to a request by Rhodes for Baker to restore the house to its original Cape Dutch appearance with a thatched roof. As the original house was not large enough for his needs, an additional wing was added.
Interesting facts have come to light in subsequent research done on Baker, Rhodes, and the contents of the house. Rhodes had requested Baker to use only local building material and indigenous wood, and to get rid of all imported fittings. However documentation has shown that some material had to be imported. Rhodes also had a strong affinity for furniture, porcelain and household goods of the early colonists, and he wanted all this to be reflected in his new home.
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