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| House Brunton | |
|---|---|
.jpg) 21 Primrose and 4 Fife streets | |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Residential |
| Location | Berea,South Africa |
| Completed | 1906 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architects | MORRIS & COTTRILL[1] |
House Brunton is a residential property inBerea, Johannesburg, South Africa designed by the renowned firm of Henry Seton Morris and Cottrill. The house was completed in 1906 and takes its name from the original occupants, the celebrated painterWinifred Brunton and her husband,Guy Brunton who was an Egyptologist and director of Cairo Museum.
The house is situated on the corner of Primrose Terrace and Fife Street and is currently used as abeer hall. The house has two storeys with a red tile roof and white washed walls.
Winifred Mabel Brunton (née Newberry) was born 6 May 1880 and died 29 January 1959. She was one of three daughters born to Charles and Elizabeth Newberry, who built and lived in the Prynnsberg mansion in Clocolan from the 1880s.[2] Winnifred studied art in South Africa and at the Slade School. She later exhibited at the Royal Academy and was a member of theRoyal Society of British Artists and the Royal Miniature Society. She married Guy Brunton (1878-1948), a respected Egyptologist and one-time Assistant Keeper of the Cairo Museum. They retired to South Africa and brought with them a large collection of Egyptian antiquities.[3]
Works by Winifred Brunton include:
The Morris & Cottrill partnership was a collaboration between Henry Seton Morris and G St J Cottrill in Johannesburg around 1906. Morris was in South Africa for a short period from 1902 to around 1909, when he returned to London. House Brunton is currently the only building known to have been produced by the short-lived Morris and Cottrill partnership.[5]
The House Brunton residence is historically and culturally significant for the following reasons:
