Before Lion's Peak, this site formed part of a small but notable chapter in Cape Town's mountain history.

In the late nineteenth century, a modest Victorian structure known as the Kloof Temperance Hotel occupied the land. Positioned along the original lower contour route across Kloof Nek, it served travellers moving between the city and Camps Bay, many arriving by the electric mountain tramway that once carried passengers through pine-lined avenues along Kloof Road.

As the upper road was formalised and the lower route disappeared, the property became increasingly concealed below the crest of Kloof Nek Road. What was once a visible stop along the pass evolved into a private residence, set quietly into the slope, a site so discreet that, for much of the last century, few beyond its owners even knew it existed. Over time, the structure was altered and extended but portions of the original masonry core remain embedded within what is today referred to as the Manor House.

Today, the Manor House will form part of the new composition, integrated into the estate and given renewed purpose within a contemporary architectural framework. Alongside it, the six new residences will be introduced into the landscape. Together, old and new form a cohesive whole, distinct in expression, aligned in intent. Lion's Peak moves forward without erasing what came before. Architecture that builds upon its site, rather than beginning again.