# List of castles and fortifications in South Africa

This is a list of former and current castles and fortifications in South Africa and contains historical fortifications, military instillations, mock castles and Manor Houses, that may be referred to as "castles".
A fortification or Fort is easily identifiable as a structure built purely for defensive purposes, however a castle is slightly more subjective. The historical term castle refers to a Fortification that was also a seat of power and governance over the local area, the modern term might refer to a Manor House, a Châteaux or a Mansion and is more a matter of semantics. The castles will be discussed by province.

## Eastern Cape

| Castle or Fortification | Location | Date |
| Fort Armstrong | Kat River | 1836 |
| Fort Beaufort | Fort Beaufort | 1839 |
| Cock's Castle | Port Alfred | About 1840 |
| Fort Cox | Middledrift | 1835 |
| Fort Frederick | Gqeberha | 1799 |
| Fort Glamorgan | East London | 1848 |
| Fort Hare | Alice | 1835 |
| Fort Murray | King Williams Town | 1835 |
| Fort Peddie | Peddie | 1835 |
| Fort Selwyn | Grahamstown | 1836 |
| Soffiantini's Castle | East London | |
| Fort White | King Williams Town | 1835 |

## Free State

| Castle or Fortification | Location | Date |
| Fort Bloemfontein | Bloemfontein | 1848 |
| Camelot Castle | Clarens | |
| Clarens Castle | Clarens | |
| Destiny Castle | Fouriesburg | |
| Deneysville Castle | Deneysville | |
| Fort Drury | Bloemfontein | 1846 |
| Harrismith Blockhouse | Harrismith | |
| Jacobsdal Blockhouse | Jacobsdal | |
| Naval Hill | Bloemfontein | |
| Riverford Blockhouse | Bloemfontein | |
| Old Presidency | Bloemfontein | 1860 |
| Oliewen House | Bloemfontein | 1941 |
| Castle of Philippolis | Philippolis | 1800s |

## Gauteng

| Castle or Fortification | Location | Date |
| Arkleton House | Pretoria | |
| Barton Keep | Pretoria | 1886 |
| Bronberg Castle | Pretoria | |
| Brooks House | Brooklyn | 1925 |
| Castle da Angelo | Western Pretoria | |
| Castle Inn Resort | Cullinan | |
| Erasmus Castle | Pretoria | 1892 |
| Foxwood House | Johannesburg | |
| Gothic Castle | Pretoria East | |
| Government House | Pretoria | 1906 |
| Johannesburg Fort | Johannesburg | 1899 |
| Kensington Castle | Kensington | 1911 |
| Fort Klapperkop | Pretoria | 1898 |
| Castle Kyalami | Johannesburg | 1992 |
| Mahlamba Ndlopfu | Pretoria | 1940 |
| Melrose House | Pretoria | 1886 |
| The Moors Castle | Krugersdorp | |
| Ou Raadsaal | Pretoria | 1891 |
| Palace of Justice | Pretoria | 1897 |
| Parktown Manions | Johannesburg | After 1894 |
| Parkview Castle | Johannesburg | 1907 |
| Royal Jontica | Pretoria | |
| Fort Schanskop | Pretoria | 1897 |
| Smuts House | Irene | 1909 |
| Sorex Estate | Centurion | |
| Stone Castle | Johannesburg | |
| The Cullinan | Johannesburg | 1910 |
| Three Castles Building | Johannesburg | 1899 |
| Villa D'Este | Saxonwold | |
| Westfort | Pretoria | 1898 |
| Witkop Blockhouse | Johannesburg | 1900 |
| Fort Wonderboompoort | Pretoria | 1897 |
| Yadah Castle | Centurion | |
| Yukon House | Johannesburg | 1911 |
| Zwartkoppies Hall | Pretoria | 1886 |

## Kwazulu-Natal

| Castle or Fortification | Location | Date |
| Fort Amiel | Newcastle | 1896 |
| Coedmore Castle | Durban | 1875 |
| Castle Hotel | Howick | Before 1900 |
| Botha House | Pennington | |
| Fort Durnford | Estcourt | 1875 |
| King's House | Durban | 1904 |
| Fort Mistake | Dundee | |
| Fort Nongqayi | Eshowe | 1883 |
| Fort Nottingham | Nottingham | 1856 |
| Stratford Castle | Durban | |
| Stonehaven Castle | Hillcrest | before 1923 |

## Limpopo

| Castle or Fortification | Location | Date |
| Fort Botha | Louis Trichardt | 19th Century |
| Fort Edward | Makhado | 19th Century |
| Castle de Wildt | Modimolle | |
| Fort Hendrina | Louis Trichardt | Made in 1888 |
| Fort Louis Campbell | Polokwane | 19th Century |
| Mapungubwe | Musina | 10th Century |
| Schoemansdal Fort | Schoemandal | |

## Mpumalanga

| Castle or Fortification | Location | Date |
| Fort Burger | Burgersfort | 1876 |
| Flycatcher Castle | Graskop | |
| Fort Merensky | Middelburg | 1865 |
| Voortrekker Fort | Ohrigstad | 1847 |
| Fort Weeber | Sekhukhune | |

## North West

| Castle or Fortification | Location | Date |
| Boekenhoutfontein | Rustenburg | 1860s |
| Camelotte Castle | Hartebeestpoort | |
| Excalibur Castle | Rustenburg | |
| Fountain Villa | Klerksdorp | |
| Potchefstroom Fort | Potchefstroom | |
| Rectors Residence | Potchefstroom | 19th century |
| Voortrekker Fort | Potchefstroom | |
| Cannon Kopje Fort | Mafikeng | |

## Northern Cape

| Castle or Fortification | Location | Date |
| Carnarvon Blockhouse | Carnarvon | |
| Daniëlskuil Blockhouse | Daniëlskuil | |
| Die Kasteel | Hartswater | |
| Hospital Hill Blockhouse | Noupoort | |
| Leeu-Gamka Blockhouse | Leeu-Gamka | |
| Letterklip | Namaqualand | 1901 |
| McGregor House | Kimberley | |
| Prieska Kopje Blockhouse | Prieska | |

## Western Cape

| Castle or Fortification | Location | Date |
| Bygracealone Manor | George | |
| Cape Town City Hall | Cape Town | 1905 |
| Casa Labia | Muizenberg | 1930 |
| Castle of Good Hoope | Cape Town | 1670s |
| Castle on the Cliff | Plettenberg Bay | |
| Castle on the Hill | Bainskloof Pass | About 1941 |
| Celtic Castle | Gordon's Bay | |
| Colona Castle | Muizenberg | |
| Devon Castle | Stellenbosch | |
| Dunn's Castle | Piketberg | 1890s |
| East Fort | Hout Bay | 1782 |
| Elsenburg House | Stellenbosch | 1754 |
| English Fort | Montagu | 1875-1877 |
| Fort de Goede Hoop | Cape Town | 1652 |
| Redoubt Duijnhoop | Cape Town | 1654 |
| George Victorian Hotel | George | 1815 |
| Greylands Ostrich Palace | Oudtshoorn | |
| Gottland Palace | Oudtshoorn | |
| Grosvenor House | Stellenbosch | 1803 |
| Hawthorndon House | Wynberg | 1683 |
| Herstein Castle | Stellenbosch | 1980s |
| Het Vlock Kasteel | Riebeek-Kasteel | |
| Lanserac House | Stellenbosch | 1830 |
| Le Roux Townhouse | Oudtshoorn | 1909 |
| Lichtenstein Castle | Hout Bay | 1986-1998 |
| Lord Milner Hotel | Matjiesfontein | 1884 |
| Noetzie Castles | Knysna | After 1930 |
| Pinehurst Mansion | Oudtshoorn | 1911 |
| Robben Island Forts | Robben Island | 1940s |
| Rus in Urbe Mansion | Oudtshoorn | 1902 |
| Sandenburg | Cape Town | 1640s |
| Fort Simon | Stellenbosch | 1997 |
| Somerset Hospital | Cape Town | 1864 |
| Stone Castle | Saldanha | |
| Knysna Fort | Knysna | 1899 |
| Veretti Castle | Mossel Bay | 2004 |
| Vergelegen Estate | Somerset West | 1700 |
| Villa Anna Katarina | Riebeek-Kasteel | |
| Welgeluk Ostrich Palace | Oudtshoorn | 1910 |
| West Fort | Hout Bay | |

### Townhouses in Cape Town

| Building | Location | Date |
| Bertram House | Gardens | 1854 |
| Genadendal Residence | Rondebosch | 18th Century |
| Groot Constantia | Constantia | 17th Century |
| Groote Schuur | Rondebosch | 18th Century |
| Jan de Waal House | City Bowl | |
| Koopmans-de Wet House | City Bowl | 1701 |
| Leeuwenhof | Gardens | 1788 |
| Leinster Hall | Gardens | |
| Martin Melck House | City Bowl | 1781 |
| Ravenswood House | City Bowl | |
| Rust en Vreugd | City Bowl | 18th Century |
| Saasveld House | Gardens | |
| Tuynhuys | City Bowl | 1682 |
| Welgemeend | Gardens | |

## Blockhouses of the Second Anglo-Boer War

* Aliwal North Blockhouses (2)
* Broederstroom Blockhouse
* Burgersdorp Blockhouse
* Dewetsville Blockhouse
* Fort Harlech, Krugersdorp
* Hekpoort Blockhouse
* Hopetown Blockhouse
* Kaalfontein/Zuurfontein Blockhouse
* Modder River Blockhouse
* Noupoort Blockhouse
* Orange River Station
* Pampoennek Blockhouse
* Prieska Blockhouse
* Riversford Blockhouse
* The Reservoir Blockhouse
* The Stormberg Junction South Blockhouse
* Timeball Hill Blockhouse
* The Warrenton Railway Bridge Blockhouse
* Warmbaths Blockhouse
* Witkop Blockhouse