Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Karoo Palace

This house is typical of small "palaces" which are found in the Little Karoo semi-desert, where I have ministered. This one is in Ladismith. Note the veranda, to cool the house in the summer -- also the characteristic "broekie lace" (Victorian cast iron fretwork). Inside, one typically finds a lot of wood, and high ceilings. As magnificent as they are, these houses are comparatively cheap. A more modern house of the same size, in the middle of the Little Karoo, might cost R500 000 ($36 000).

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