Old Publications - Sir Julius Jeppe's Mansion featured in an English publication "The Sphere, January 5 - 1901"

 

"BELGRAVIA", the handsome house at Johannesburg where Lord Roberts stayed on his way south"

"On his return to Johannesburg, Lord Roberts stayed at Belgravia, the house which belongs to Mr Julius Jeppe, who was taken prisoner at the battle of Graspan. He is a younger brother of Mr Carl Jeppe, formerly First Volksraad Member for the Witwatersrand and Goldfields. The house was occupied until Lord Roberts went to Johannesburg by Colonel Colin Mackenzie, the military governor of Johannesburg, who placed the house at the chief's disposal when Miss Robert's illness decided her father to bring her over from Pretoria to the clearer and drier atmosphere of the Rand.  This picture was taken by Johnson Hoyle."

Interesting Jeppe History - Old Photograph - Iconic Photo - Jeppe Esq's House, Belgravia

 I just had to share this image again.  I absolutely love this photograph!  

"Friedenheim", Sir Julius Jeppe's home was constructed in 1895 in Robinson Street.  It was designed by the firm Carter & McIntosh and it was built by John Moffat.  It had an enormous veranda made out of wood as cast iron was not available at the time.

All that remains is the wall, gates, the stables and a stone staircase in the garden.  During the Second Boer War Lord Kitchener occupied the house and used it as his headquarters.  Lord Roberts also lived in the house.  They changed the name from Friedenheim to Belgravia.

It was bought by the Transvaal Education Department in 1916 then used as a hostel - Tsessebe House.

In the early 1960's it was demolished as it was deemed to be unsafe.

I created this page in 2015, Mr Robins is standing in the same spot as the gentleman in 1901

Source:

https://www.wikiwand.com/af/Friedenheim,_Belgravia

Military Finds of the Folly - It's not a Rusted Goon!

I think I found a Cannonball!

My husband says it's a rusted goon!  I don't think so!

Maybe I've been watching too many "mudlarking" shows on Youtube.  Maybe I just want it to be a cannonball ..... It might just be one!

This cannonball could be one that was fired at an Armistice Day Celebration at some time!  

    Found this pic on the Alumni Facebook page

  Left:  The rusted steel sphere I found on the Folly today

          

Cannons were also used during the wars in South Africa.                 

A round shot (also called solid shot or simply ball) is a solid spherical projectile without explosive charge launched from a gun. Its diameter is slightly less than the bore of the barrel from which it is shot. A round shot fired from a large-caliber gun is also called a cannonball.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_shot

The twelve-pound cannon is a cannon that fires twelve-pound projectiles from its barrel, as well as grapeshot, chain shot, shrapnel, and later shells and canister shot.  12-pounders were the largest caliber of long-barreled field pieces, and were used both at long range against fortifications and troop concentrations using round shot and against attacking infantry and cavalry using canister shot. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve-pound_cannon

Click on link below to read more and see pictures of Lord Roberts and the Cannons.

https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/boer-war-artillery-volunteers

Do you remember Mr Steve Hodge? (he is the only person I ever knew that owned a cannon).  He also brought it to Jeppe Boys and fired it on the property.