Louis Michel Thibault - Buildings

Buildings

Even though his association with Anreith and Schutte was not a legal partnership, they worked together whenever possible, having complete faith in each other's professional competence and integrity. A fourth person, the wood-worker JJ Graaff, worked with them on so many projects that he is normally included in references to the partnership. Except for Anreith, who was a confirmed bachelor and lived in a modest house in Bloem Street, the others helped each other out with modifications and additions to their respective homes. Graaff's house at 14 Keerom Street had changes by way of an upper storey with cornice and architrave with fluted pilasters at the front door. Thibault bought the house at 17 Heerengracht, site of the present Markham's building.

Some of Thibault's important works:

  • Papenboom, Newlands for Dirk Gysbert van Reenen (1787–88). Well depicted by J. Barrow's watercolour in Africana Museum, Johannesburg. Destroyed by fire in 19th century.
  • Freemasonry Lodge de Goede Hoop (1801–03), Stal Plein, Cape Town. Served as the Cape Parliament 1854-1884. Still standing
  • Fountain on the Parade (1805–07). Demolished in 1814 as a good water reticulation system had made it unnecessary.
  • Drostdy, Graaff-Reinet (1804–05) Still standing but renovated and modernised.
  • Drostdy, Tulbagh (1804-7) Restored after storm in 1822, fire in 1934 and earthquake in 1969.
  • Guardhouse at top of Government Avenue, Cape Town (1804) Demolished
  • Customs-house in the Buitenkant (1814) Used as Public Works Department offices. Still standing.
  • Conversion of slave lodge at top of Heerengracht, Cape Town into Government offices and Supreme Court (1814–15) Still standing and occupied by the Iziko Slave Lodge.


Buildings attributed to Thibault:

  • Facade of Tokai in Constantia for AGH Teubes(1795)
  • Vredenhof, Noorder-Paarl for Gerhard van der Bijl (1806–1812)
  • Guardhouse, pavilions and gateway of slave enclosure Rustenburg, Rondebosch for Jan Hoets (1806–1812)
  • Koopmans-De Wet House, Cape Town
  • Groot Constantia wine-cellar, Cape Peninsula for Hendrik Cloete (1791)
  • Front gable and gateways for Stellenburg (now Stellenberg), Wynberg for JI Rhenius (1791–92)
  • Groot Constantia homestead, Cape Peninsula for Hendrik Cloete (probably 1792-93)
  • De Wet House, Tulbagh for Catharina Margaretha Hugo widow of Jacobus de Wet
  • Ballotina, Tulbagh (1815) for Wilhelmina Cruywagen widow of Rev. HW Ballot
  • Manor House on Uitkyk Wine Estate near Muldersvlei: Doors carved by Anreith


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