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This is an incomplete list of historic houses in South Australia.
Image | Name | Built | For | # | Street | Suburb/town | Local govt. area | Fate | Notes |
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The Acacias | 1877 | Dr. J. M. Gunson[1] | 316 | Portrush Road | Marryatville | N P & S | Loreto College | 1878–1919 Sir Edwin Smith 1919 Loreto Convent[2] | |
Ackland House | 1901 | William Ackland | 631 | South Road | Everard Park | Unley | Retirement village | [3] | |
Adare | 1837 | John Hindmarsh jr. | Adare Avenue | McCracken[4] | Victor Harbor | Uniting Church conference centre | Across R. Hindmarsh from Mount Breckan; orig. a cottage "Mootaparinga", 1891 D. H. Cudmore built current edifice 1941 1954 Uniting Church | ||
Airlie | c. 1870 | 9 | Trinity Street | College Park | N P & S | C. H. Spence? Edward Kay Gavin Gardner | |||
The Almonds | 1851 | William Belt | Walkerville | Walkerville | Private home National Trust of SA listed | 1851 Belt family (93 years)[2][5] 1944 ? 1969 Brown family[5] | |||
Alton | 1848 | David Wark | St. Bernards Road | Magill | Campbelltown | demolished 1936 | 1872 Daniel Chappell c. 1880 J. Crane c. 1888 Robert Burden c. 1900 E. W. Krichauff | ||
Alvington | 1880? | William Bickford jr. | cnr | Bickford Terrace and The Esplanade | Somerton Park | Holdfast | Demolished 1976 | 1938–1976 "Somerton Home" for the Crippled Children's Association | |
Arthur's Seat | c. 1875 | George Tinline, completed by Gavin Young | Summit Road | Crafers | Adel. Hills | destroyed by fire 1983 | 1908 H. Teesdale Smith 1925 Arthur H. Poole 1927 Stawell School 1942 A.W.A.S. 1943 Mrs. Basil Harford[6] | ||
Ashford House | 1838 | Dr. C. G. Everard | 87 | Anzac Highway | Ashford | W. Torrens | Ashford Special School | [2] | |
Aston | 20 | Edwin Terrace | Gilberton | Walkerville | [7] | ||||
Athelney | 1858 | P. D. Prankerd | Hackney Road | Hackney | N P & S | St. Peter's College | [2] 1864: H. B. Hughes and Laura Hughes[8] 1917: E. B. Hughes | ||
Attunga | 1900 | Benjamin Burford | 120 | Kensington Road | Toorak Gardens | Burnside | Burnside War Memorial Hospital | [9] | |
Auchendarroch House | 1878 | Robert Barr Smith | 17 | Adelaide Road | Mount Barker | Mt Barker | Wallis Cinemas, tavern & function centre | Built 1860 as Lachlan MacFarlane's Oakfield Hotel[10] 1922: Methodist Rest and Convalescent Home. | |
Ayers House | 1855 | Sir Henry Ayers | 288 | North Terrace | Adelaide | Adelaide | National Trust | Originally named Austral House[11]
Restored and open for public use in 1970 by Premier Don Dunstan. | |
Balmoral | 1839 | Joseph Ind | Lower North East Road | Dernancourt | Camp'twn | Retirement village | [2] | ||
Barton Vale House | 1852 | Edmund Bowman | 20 | Walker Court (off Main North Road) | Enfield | PAE | Restored, and used by P. & M. Smith diverse businesses | 1852 Bowman family 1922 "Home for Wayward Girls" 1947 Remand centre 1980s Restored (Govt. offices) 1991 Sold and subdivided 1995 Smith family[12] | |
Beaumont House | 1849 | Bishop Augustus Short | 631 | Glynburn Road | Beaumont | Burnside | National Trust | Originally named "Claremont"[13] | |
Benacre | 1875 | William Bickford sr. | 6 | Benacre Place | Glen Osmond | Burnside | Private home | T. B. Strangways Henry Scott Thomas Graves 1906 John Lewis 1924 Lance Lewis Listed on the Register of the National Estate.[14] | |
Birksgate | 1851 | Arthur Hardy Thomas Elder | Mira Monte / Urrbrae | Mitcham | Demolished | T. E. Barr Smith 1897– [2][15] | |||
Willa Willa Birralee, Belair | 1897 1920 | T. Hamilton William Burford | 49 | Sheoak Road | Belair | Mitcham | Private home | 1897 Hamilton 1917 Estate sub-divided ~1919 Burford Family 1942 Scotch College 1944 TB Sanatorium 1952 Repatriation Hospital 1976 St Anthony's 2000s Private home | |
Birralee, Glenelg | William Burford | 16 | Albert Tce (cnr Seawall) | Glenelg | Holdfast | Demolished | [16] | ||
Bishop's Court | 1865 | Bishop Augustus Short | 41-50 | Palmer Place | North Adelaide | Adelaide | Still in use, but[17] | [18] | |
The Briars | 1856 | George Hawker | 15 | Briar Avenue | Medindie | Walkerville | 1914 McBride Hospital | [7][15] spelled "Briers" pre-1870 | |
The Brocas | ~1843 | John Newman | Woodville Road | Woodville | Chas. Sturt | Rebuilt 1870[2] | |||
Brookside | 1841 | Captain Scott | 37 | Shakespeare Avenue | Tranmere | Camp'twn | Demolished ~1960 | ||
Byethorne | William Milne jun. George Milne from 1915 | 26 | Ayers Hill Rd | Stirling | Adel. Hills | 1947 St. Catherine's convent private owner | not "Bythorne"[19] | ||
Carclew | 1897 | Hugh Robert Dixson | 11-19 | Jeffcott Street, Montefiore Hill | North Adelaide | Adelaide | Carclew Youth Arts Centre[20] | Chambers' family home, demolished 1897. 1897 Dixson built "Stalheim". 1908 Langdon Bonython renamed it "Carclew".[2] | |
Carminow | 1885 | Sir Thomas Elder | Mount Lofty Summit Road | Crafers | Adel. Hills | Destroyed during Ash Wednesday bushfire in 1983 but has since been rebuilt | 1885 Elder ~1905 Langdon Bonython[21] | ||
Carrick Hill | 1939 | Sir Edward Hayward | 46 | Fullarton Road | Springfield | Mitcham | Museum | [22][23] | |
The Cedars | 1870s | Heysen Road | Hahndorf | Mount Barker | Museum | Purchased by Hans Heysen in 1912[24] | |||
Collingrove | 1856 | John Howard Angas | Eden Valley Road | Angaston | Barossa | National Trust | [25] | ||
Claremont see Hartley Bank | Glen Osmond | Burnside | [2] | ||||||
Clifton Manor | 1852 | George Deane Sismey | 16 | Waratah Way | Stonyfell | Burnside | Private home | [2] | |
Cobham Hall | ~1840 | Dr. Joseph Bell | 4 | Gordon Street | Morphettville | Marion | Cobham Retirement Homes | [2] | |
Coreega | 1883 | Frank Makin[26] | Fullarton Road now Carrick Hill Rd. | Springfield | Mitcham | George Riddock 1888 Joseph Florey 1906 Alfred Stump c. 1920 | |||
Cosford | ~1840 | John Hawkins | 10 | Montacute Road | Hectorville | Camp'twn | Private home | [2] Gunton has R. D. Hawkins | |
Craigbuie | 1887 | Johann Schmidt | Leabrook | Burnside | Private home | Orig. owner Alfred Watts[2] Orig. The Wattles aka Edelweiss | |||
Craigmellon | 3 | Edwin Terrace | Gilberton | Walkerville | Private home | [7][27] George Brookman c.1880-1920 | |||
Cummins House | 1842 | Sir John Morphett | Sheoak Avenue | Novar Gardens | W. Torrens | Museum and Function centre | [28][29] | ||
Darroch House | 1885 | James Waddell Marshall | 6 | Briar Road | Felixstow | N P & S | Bowen Funerals | [30] | |
Delamere | 1847 | William Bartley | Delamere Avenue | Springfield | Mitcham | Demolished ~1950 | [2] | ||
Dickson House | 1950 | Robert Dickson | 1 | Wandilla Drive | Rostrevor | Camp'twn | Private home | [31]: 14 | |
Dover House | ~1848 | William Wheewall | Kensington Gardens | Burnside | Private home | [2] | |||
Dunluce Castle | 1912 | Alexander Macully | Yester Avenue | Brighton | Holdfast | Private home | [32][33] | ||
Eothen St Corantyn | 1891 | C. A. Hornabrook | East Terrace | Adelaide | Adelaide | Lavington Bonython 1928 | |||
Erindale | 1871 | E. M. de Mole | Burnside Road | Erindale | Burnside | Demolished | de Mole greatly extended 1850 house[2] | ||
Eringa | Sidney Kidman | 76 | Northgate Street | Unley Park | Unley | ||||
Essenside | 1873 | Edward M. Bagot | cnr | Moseley and College Streets | Glenelg | Holdfast | Demolished 1972 | ||
Estcourt House | 1881-3 | F. Estcourt Bucknall | Military Road | Tennyson | Chas. Sturt | F. E. Bucknall AMP Society James Brown Memorial Trust 1893– | |||
Eurilla | 1884 | William Milne | Mount Lofty Summit Road | Crafers | Adel. Hills | Private home | 1884 William Milne 1917 Lavington Bonython 1972 Kym Bonython 1987 ? 1998 J&C Ganzis[34] | ||
Eynesbury House | 1880 | George Wilcox | 69 | Belair Road | Kingswood | Mitcham | Private home | [35] | |
Federation House | Sir Richard Chaffey Baker | 32 | Brougham Place | North Adelaide | Adelaide | Student facilities, Lincoln College | Uniting Church | ||
Fernilee | 569 | Greenhill Road | Burnside | Burnside | Demolished for housing development[36] | James Gartrell | |||
Forest Lodge | 1892 | John Bagot | 19 | Pine Street | Stirling | Adel. Hills | Private residence | For many years summer home of Bagot family[37] | |
Forsyth House Kahurangi Aldersgate | 1913 | A. E. Pitt | 160 | OG Road | Felixstow | N P & S | Aldersgate Nursing Home | [38] | |
Glanville Hall | 1856 | John Hart | Park Ave | Glanville | PAE | Senior Citizens' club[2] | [15] ca.1930 J. Anderson | ||
Glenara | ~1865 | William Hill | Esplanade | Glenelg | Holdfast | [2] | |||
Glynde House | E. C. Gwynne | Avenue Road | Payneham | N P & S | Private residence | Gwynne extended 1838 cottage[2] | |||
Grange | 1840 | Capt. Charles Sturt | Jetty Street | Grange | Chas. Sturt | Charles Sturt Museum | R. F. Newland lived here for some years[39] | ||
The Grove | 1872 | John Acraman | View Road and North East Road | Walkerville | Walkerville | College Grove Rehabilitation Hospital | [2] Destroyed by fire in October 1876[40] | ||
Hartley Bank | 1842 | Alfred Hardy | Glen Osmond | Burnside | Private home | 1862: Renamed Claremont by Daniel Cudmore[2] | |||
Hazelwood Cottage | 1848 | Alexander Lang Elder | 32 | Howard Terrace | Hazelwood Park | Burnside | Private home | [2] | |
Heathpool | 1840 | George Reed | 16 | Hanson Avenue | Heathpool | Burnside | Private home | [2] | |
Helenholm | 1853 | William Finlayson | 1 | Finlayson Street | Netherby | Mitcham | Private home | Enlarged 1915 by W. A. Norman[2] | |
Heywood | ~1855 | Thomas Whistler (perhaps) | 7 | Kays Road | Unley Park | Unley | Private home | [2] | |
Highfield | 1849 | Edward Drew | Portrush Road | Glen Osmond | Burnside | Business premises | [2] | ||
Ilfracombe | 1840 | Dr. James Nash | Burnside | Burnside | Demolished | Owned by "Stonyfell" Martin family for 90 years[2] | |||
Ivanhoe | 9 | Edwin Terrace | Gilberton | Walkerville | Private home | [7] | |||
Jordon House | ~1860 | William Gerrard | Daws Road | Edwardstown | Marion | Demolished | Orig. cottage developed by Gerrard[2] | ||
Kadlunga | 1857 | James Stein | Kadlunga Road | Mintaro | Clare Valley | Private homestead | James Stein 1857 to 1877 John Chewings 1877 to 1881 Samuel Way 1881 to 1916 Melrose/Gosse family 1916 to 2017 Tim Edmunds 2017 to | ||
Kalymna Adelaide Miethke House Oreon House | 1874 | C. A. Hornabrook | 28 | Dequetteville Tce | Kent Town | N P & S | Offices | Thomas Graves H. H. Dutton 1924–26 E. W. Holden 1926–40 Nancy Buttfield 1949 Education Dept. Oreo Partners | |
Kandahar | 1906 | William Henry Morish[41] | 329 | Marion Road | North Plympton | W. Torrens | Community centre | Named in honour of "Earl Roberts of Kandahar"[41][42] | |
Kingsmead | 1865 | Charles Jacob | 75–78 | Brougham Place | North Adelaide | Adelaide | Private home | [43] | |
Kingston House | 1840 | George Strickland Kingston | 48 | Kingston Crescent | Kingston Park | Holdfast | Function venue | [44] | |
Kolendo | ~1880s | Charles Rischbieth | 5 | Farrell Street | Glenelg | Holdfast | Glenelg Community Hospital | ||
Kurralta | 1844 | William Wyatt | Kurralta Drive | Burnside | Burnside | Private home | Architect:George Kingston[2] | ||
Landunna | John Rounsevell | 111 | Hutt Street | Adelaide | Adelaide | Naval, Military & Airforce Club | [15][45][46] "the building still occupies an entire unsubdivided Town Acre" | ||
The Laurels | 1857 | John Dunn | 2 | Hutchinson Street | Mount Barker | Mt Barker | Centre of "The Laurels" Retirement Village | ||
Linden | ~1850 | Alexander Hay | Beaumont | Burnside | Demolished 1967 | [47] Hay also commissioned "Mount Breckan". | |||
Lochend | 1842 | Charles Campbell | cnr | Hill and Hart Streets | Campbelltown | Camp'twn | restored | Open to the public on the first Sunday of every odd month 2-4 pm[48] | |
Manse | 1882 | North Adelaide Baptist Church | 142 | Tynte Street | North Adelaide | Adelaide | Restaurant | [49] Property gifted to the National Trust of South Australia in 2021.[50] | |
Marble Hill | 1880 | Governor of South Australia | Adel. Hills | Destroyed by bushfire 1955 | 2009 sold by SA government to private individuals who are funding restoration | ||||
Marino | 1851 | George Strickland Kingston | Kingston Park | Holdfast | Kingston Park reserve | [2] | |||
Martindale Hall | 1879 | Edmund Bowman, jr. | Min Man Road | Mintaro | Clare Valley | Museum | Edmund Bowman 1879 to 1892 Mortlock families 1892 to 1979 University of Adelaide 1979 to 1986 Government of South Australia 1986 to | ||
Marybank | 1842 | Thomas Shepherd | Montacute Road | Rostrevor | Camp'twn | Private home | home of Fox family over 130 years[2] | ||
Monalta aka Hope Lodge, Cherington | ~1870 | R. B. Andrews Q.C. | Main Road | Belair | Mitcham | Blackwood District Community Hospital | Other owners include: A. G. Downer H. O. Hannaford Wykeham School F. J. Blades[51] | ||
Monklands | 52 | Church Terrace | Walkerville | Walkerville | [7] | ||||
Montefiore | Sir Samuel Way | Palmer Place | North Adelaide | Adelaide | Aquinas College | Way 1872–1916 Harold Fisher[52][15] | |||
Morialta | 1847 | John Baker | Morialta Lane | Norton Summit | Adel. Hills | Youth with a Mission[53] | Morialta Protestant Children's Home 1924 to 1974 | ||
Mount Breckan | 1881 | Alexander Hay | 21-25 | Renown Avenue | Victor Harbor | Victor Harbor | Private home and Function centre | [54] Hay also commissioned "Linden". | |
Mount Laura | 1922 | Ekblom Street | Whyalla Norrie | Whyalla | National Trust | [55] | |||
Mount Lofty House | 1858 | Arthur Hardy | 74 | Mount Lofty Summit Road | Crafers | Adel. Hills | Function venue | Other owners included: Alfred Watts Frank Stokes Arthur Waterhouse J. W. Richardson[56] Destroyed during Ash Wednesday 1983 and reopened after restoration in 1986. | |
Murray Park | 1884 | Alexander Borthwick Murray | 14-38 | St Bernards Road | Magill | Campbelltown | UniSA Magill Campus | Now known as 'Murray House'.[57] | |
Nesfield | 1880 | Edward Davies | 353 | Marion Road | North Plympton | W. Torrens | Private home | [58] | |
Nurney House | 1849 | Charles Bagot | Cnrs | Kingston Terrace, Jerningham Street and Stanley Street | North Adelaide | Adelaide | Private home | [59] | |
Old Government House | 1860 | Governor of South Australia | Belair National Park | Belair | Mitcham | Museum | [60] | ||
Olivewood | 1889 | Charles F. Chaffey | Cnr | Renmark Avenue and 21st Street | Renmark | Renmark | National Trust | [61] | |
Paringa Hall | 1882 | James Cudmore | 195-235 | Brighton Road | Somerton Park | Holdfast | Sacred Heart College (Adelaide) | Designed by Edmund William Wright 1882 Cudmore family residence 1897 Sacred Heart College | |
The Pines | John Martin | Marion Road | North Plympton | W. Torrens | Southern Cross Homes | [62] | |||
Pomona | 1881 | William Rendall Cave | Pomona Road? | Crafers | Adel. Hills | Private home | |||
Prospect House | 1846 | John Benjamin Graham | Braund Road | Prospect | Prospect | demolished 1901 | known locally as "Graham's Castle" c. 1880 W. H. Clark | ||
Prospect Lodge | c. 1850 | George Fife Angas | Torrens Road | Bowden | Charles Sturt | demolished | c. 1860 John Howard Angas's home while parliament sitting | ||
Rhyllon | 1870s | William Wadham | Robe terrace | Medindie | Walkerville | ||||
Romalo House (orig. Home Park then La Perouse) | W. P. Auld | 24 | Romalo Ave | Magill | Campbelltown | Private home | 1858 Elizabeth Longbottom Frank Young 1909 Edmond Mazure[63] 1945 Warren Bonython[64] 2014 New owners | ||
The Rosary | 1870s | Benjamin Babbage | Donald Street | St Marys | Mitcham | Demolished 1930s | Locally referred to as Babbage's Castle[65][66] | ||
Rostrevor | 1870s | Ross T. Reid | Glen Stuart Rd. | Woodforde | Adel. Hills | Rostrevor College | J. S. Reid (no relation) 1887–1913 | ||
Stangate House | 1937 | Rev. S. Raymond Cornish | 3 | Edgeware Road | Aldgate | Adel. Hills | National Trust SA | [67] Garden maintained by Camellia Society Adelaide Hills (Inc.) | |
Struan House | 1873 | John Robertson | Riddoch Highway | Naracoorte | Naracoorte Lucindale Council | Dept. of Primary Industries & Resources SA | [68] | ||
Swanscombe | 1873 | John Walker | Fuller Street | Walkerville | Walkerville | Private home | 1856 C. B. Young 1928 C. V. T. Wells J. Slatter | ||
Tenterden House | Captain Henry Simpson | Woodville Road | Woodville Gardens | Woodville | Demolished 1996 | ||||
Torrens Park | 1853 | Barr Smith family | cnr | Carruth and Blythewood Roads | Torrens Park | Mitcham | Scotch College, Adelaide | Robert Torrens 1865 W. W. Hughes 1874 R. Barr Smith[15][69][70] | |
Tranmere House | 1898 | George Hunt | 3 | Kings Grove | Tranmere | Camp'twn | Private home | State Heritage Listed[71][72] | |
Tremere ("place by the sea") | ~1850 | Richard Colley | Anzac Highway | Glenelg | Holdfast | Demolished ~1950 | Original Glenelg Town Hall Richard Colley William Rounsevell W. B. Rounsevell Emmett & Sons Ltd. | ||
Undelcarra | 1850 1876 | George Debney Simpson Newland | Undelcarra Road | Burnside | Burnside | Private home | 1850 Debney 1876 Newland 1911 H. Torrens Ward 1919 Simpson family[73] | ||
Urrbrae House | 1891 | Peter Waite | Claremont Avenue | Urrbrae | Mitcham | University of Adelaide | [74] | ||
Wairoa | 1888 | William Austin Horn | 160 | Mount Barker Road | Aldgate | Adel. Hills | Private home | [75][76] 1971-2004 Marbury School[77] | |
Warrakilla | 1841 | William Warland | Strathalbyn Road | Mylor | Adel. Hills | Private home | Orig. Wheatsheaf Inn 1879 George Goyder | ||
Waverley (orig. "Waverly") | des. 1864[78] | William Sanders | 356–364 | South Terrace | Adelaide | Adelaide | St. Andrews private hospital | 1873[79] T. R. Bowman 1915 H. C. Cave 1946 Legacy Club | |
Weetunga | 1878 | Samuel White | 12-14 | Weetunga St | Fulham | W. Torrens | Private home | [80][81] | |
Whitehead | 1907 | A. G. Rymill | 39 | Brougham Place | North Adelaide | Adelaide | Principal's residence, Lincoln College | [82] A. C. Rymill Uniting Church | |
Willyama ( = "Broken Hill area") | 1876 | Dr. Oscar Gorger | 12 | The Avenue | Medindie | Walkerville | Private home | [15] 1886 Charles Rasp 1936 Hew O'H Giles 1987 | |
Wolta Wolta | 1846 | John Hope | Neagles Rock Road | Clare | Clare | B&B | Destroyed in 1983 Ash Wednesday Bushfires and rebuilt in 2007 | ||
Woodhouse | Richard Davies Hanson | Spring Gully Road | Piccadilly | Adel. Hills | Scouts Australia (SA Branch) | ||||
Wooton Lea / Wootton Lea | F. H. Faulding | Portrush Rd | Glen Osmond | Burnside | Seymour College | F. H. Faulding J. H. Symon 1873 G. S. Fowler Presbyterian Girls' College |
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