The ghost of Elsa Cloete, Hout Bay South Africa

The story goes that the manor house and Kronendal farm were owned for a short time during that period by the Cloete family. The owner, Daniel Cloete, had a very pretty daughter, Elsa. She fell in love with a soldier from a British garrison stationed in Hout Bay. However, their love was forbidden since he was British and she was Dutch. Kronendal under renovation during the 1st quarter of 2007 Kronendal under renovation during the 1st quarter of 2007! The closest contact they had was at secret meetings at the front windows of the homestead. Eventually, in desperation, the soldier hanged himself from one of the oak trees in the avenue across the road from Kronendal that can still be seen today. Elsa, it is said, died of a broken heart. Around sunset, they say, you can sometimes see a man standing among the oaks looking longingly at the Kronendal building and every so often there is a young woman wearing an old-fashioned blue dress looking out of one of the windows. Elsa’s ghost has also been seen frequently in the building itself. The estate of Kronendal was part of land granted to Willem Basson in 1713, although it was only developed as a farm towards the end of the century. Its farmhouse was probably built after 1777 when the property was bought by Jacobus Bierman. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 9 September 1960. Now days it is the home of Deus Ex Machina https://au.deuscustoms.com/pages/stor... #HauntedCapeTown #ElsaCloete #HoutBay #Ghost