This Victorian cottage, at 44 Rawson Street, was the home of John Benn, first of a long line of Benn family members who served as pilots, prior to his moving to the Pilot‘s house at the Knysna Heads on his appointment as coxswain and pilot in 1868. The house stands on land originally part of “The Admiralty erven” which was ceded by George Rex to the British Navy who, in turn, exchanged it with the Colonial Government for land and a jetty in Simon’s Town from whom John Benn bought the … Read the full article…