Old Grey Institute, Belmont Terrace, Port Elizabeth

"The building is partly faced in stone with brick lintels over some openings. Areas of the facades are plastered and include Tudor mouldings above the windows. The composition consists of a central double storeyed corps-de-logis with tower and two parall This old building faces the well-known Donkin Reserve with its characteristic Donkin Memorial and lighthouse.

The 1850’s saw a considerable revival in higher education in the Cape Colony. In this revival Sir George Grey, the governor from 1854 to 1861, pl Architectural style: Neo Gothic Collegiate. Type of site: Educational . The establishment of the Grey Institute is closely associated with the introduction of organised education in the Cape Province under the administration of Sir George Grey. The buildings of the Grey Institute are in the neo-Gothic style and form an Essen."