This home was designed in eclectic style in 1902 by Aburrow and Treeby for John Jolly, a merchant and founding director of Premier Diamond Mine. Later notable occupants include F Glenton, tea importer, AA von Maltitz, mining engineer and director of Anglovaal companies, his wife Gerda von Maltitz, painter, and their daughters Amalie von Maltitz, sculptor, in Stalhuis, the converted stables, and Alida van Deventer, artist and marionette master. Alida used the billiard room as a small theatre, performing there for over five decades.