Beautiful Rose Traditional Cache
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The first guest house established in Ficksburg. The original sandstone building was completed in 1899.
Mr. Keyter built the sandstone house that stands in Bloem Street in 1899. Mr. Keyter was the first Member of Parliament for Ficksburg. During the early 1900s, Mrs. Keyter took on a few boarders. Mrs. Miems Dusing later bought the house and opened it up as a boarding home to school children. An in-house bathroom was then built onto the rear side of the verandah. For many years the house had tenants but no owners and a lot of damage resulted from neglect.
In the 1980s, Mr. David M Grewar bought the house and made improvements to the property i.e. a garage was added, the pantry was turned into a guest bathroom, etc.
In 1991, it was sold to Mr. R Du Toit who lived in the house for approximately 3 years. In 1994, Ms. J Eilers bought the house with the vision of starting the first Guest House in Ficksburg and gave it it's Italian name. Huge improvements and major renovations were made to restore the home to its former glory. The house then consisted of 4 en-suite bedrooms; a library/lounge, a restaurant and kitchen with the former garage turned into a warm and hearty pub. The gardens were replanted to resemble a traditional English country garden.
Mr. King moved down from Johannesburg and bought the Guest House in 2001. The cache is located on the property and geocachers are welcome on it. A fence was erected along the property in November 2012. However a pedestrian gate is unlocked during the day, please feel free to enter and look for the cache. The owner would prefer it if geocachers were to try and adhere to times of between 8am and 5pm
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