![]() There has been much alteration to the manor. The mansion now serves Fourways as Norscot Manor Recreation Centre, the majority of it being a library, but also encompassing an art gallery, lessons for children in Irish & Highland dancing, Ballet, Biodanza, Indian and Modern dancing as well as Judo and Karate, a playground and a tea garden. The house is in the classic Cape Dutch style, although it is far too large and misshapen to be considered a true Cape Dutch.Īfter being sold off piece by piece, the stately manor house was given to the City Council of Johannesburg in the 1970s, who named the suburb that was planned around it 'Norscot'. The residence they built here in the early 1940s was named Norscot Manor (after their nationalities 'Nor'wegian and 'Scot'tish). Long before the district came to be called Fourways, it was a 245-hectare (605-acre) residence and game farm owned by the Eriksen family. Montecasino, which is a leisure and casino complex, is also located in the Fourways district. The Fourways area is also home to the Fourways Mall which became the largest shopping centre in Africa post an extensive upgrade. It is bordered by Bryanston to the east and south and Randburg to the west. Hartebeespoort Dam and the Magaliesberg Mountains lie half an hour to the north-west. It is roughly as far as one can go in the Johannesburg Metropolitan area before it dissolves into rolling hills, game farms and the capital Pretoria, 55 kilometres to the northeast. It is located mostly in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. ![]() The main access routes to Fourways are off the N1 at R511 William Nicol Drive, or alternatively along R564 Witkoppen Road. The area referred to as Fourways (which is a collection of suburbs, including the traditional suburb of Fourways) is the fastest-developing commercial and residential hub in Sandton, north of Johannesburg, South Africa. ![]()
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