The Manor House and Wine Museum/Cloete Cellar is now a cultural history museum , and houses furniture and paintings from as early as the 18th century Groot Constantia - Since 1685 the oldest wine farm in South Africa

Manor House and Wine Museum/Cloete Cellar

The house is presently furnished as the home of affluent people, such as the Cloetes, dating to between the 18th to early 19th centuries at the Cape. Furniture has been placed in pairs and paintings according to themes where possible, in the manner common during this period. Most of the furniture in the house was made at the Cape.

The Manor House, with its elegant gables, today houses a cultural history museum, which portrays the early years at Groot Constantia, with a superb collection of Cape Furniture, porcelain and maritime art.

The Cloete Cellar was built in 1791, its beautiful pediment, the most famous triangle gable in South Africa, still preserved in its original state, was created by the sculptor Anton Anreith. The Cloete Cellar has a collection of drinking utensils and artifacts.

It is not to be missed.

Tel: +27 21 795-5140/9

www.museums.org.za/iziko