The House was designed and built by the Architect William Street-Wilson who was responsible for many notable Buildings in Natal. The House was completed in 1897 and latter passed into the Ownership of the Brown family and became known as the "Brown House" Recently (1988) acquired by Stauch Vorster. A significant Berea Villa of the Victorian period with Italian Characteristics.
The original portion of the Victorian Manor-House together with the front Garden, Bordered by Musgrave Road, Durban. Two storeyed gabled Veranda but with three storeyed Tower at their junction marking the Entrance.
