# List of historic houses in South Australia

This is an incomplete list of historic houses in South Australia.

## Historic houses

| Name | Built | For | # | Street | Suburb/town | Local govt. area | Fate | Notes |
| The Acacias | 1877 | Dr. J. M. Gunson | 316 | Portrush Road | Marryatville | N P & S | Loreto College | 1878–1919 Sir Edwin Smith 1919 Loreto Convent |
| Ackland House | 1901 | William Ackland | 631 | South Road | Everard Park | Unley | Retirement village | |
| Adare | 1837 | John Hindmarsh jr. | | Adare Avenue | McCracken | 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 | ~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) 1944 ? 1969 Brown family |
| 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 |
| Arowie House | 1874 | James Alexander Holden | | Holden Street | Kensington Park | Burnside | Pembroke School, renamed as Angove House | 1887 John Charles Marshall Taylor 1917 Mark Edward Ridgeway 1926 Girton Girls' School, now Pembroke School |
| Arthur's Seat | ~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 |
| Ashford House | 1838 | Dr. C. G. Everard | 87 | Anzac Highway | Ashford | W. Torrens | Ashford Special School | |
| Aston | | | 20 | Edwin Terrace | Gilberton | Walkerville | | |
| Athelney | 1858 | P. D. Prankerd | | Hackney Road | Hackney | N P & S | St Peter's College | 1864: H. B. Hughes and Laura Hughes 1917: E. B. Hughes |
| Attunga | 1900 | Benjamin Burford | 120 | Kensington Road | Toorak Gardens | Burnside | Burnside War Memorial Hospital | |
| 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 1922: Methodist Rest and Convalescent Home. |
| Ayers House | 1855 | Sir Henry Ayers | 288 | North Terrace | Adelaide | Adelaide | National Trust | Originally named Austral House 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 | |
| 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 |
| Beaumont House | 1849 | Bishop Augustus Short | 631 | Glynburn Road | Beaumont | Burnside | National Trust | Originally named "Claremont" |
| 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. |
| Birksgate | 1851 | Arthur Hardy Thomas Elder | | | Mira Monte / Urrbrae | Mitcham | Demolished | T. E. Barr Smith 1897– |
| 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 | |
| Bishop's Court | 1865 | Bishop Augustus Short | 41-50 | Palmer Place | North Adelaide | Adelaide | Still in use, but | |
| The Briars | 1856 | George Hawker | 15 | Briar Avenue | Medindie | Walkerville | 1914 McBride Hospital | spelled "Briers" pre-1870 |
| The Brocas | ~1843 | John Newman | | Woodville Road | Woodville | Chas. Sturt | | Rebuilt 1870 |
| 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" |
| Carclew | 1897 | Hugh Robert Dixson | 11-19 | Jeffcott Street, Montefiore Hill | North Adelaide | Adelaide | Carclew Youth Arts Centre | Chambers' family home, demolished 1897. 1897 Dixson built "Stalheim". 1908 Langdon Bonython renamed it "Carclew". |
| 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 |
| Carrick Hill | 1939 | Sir Edward Hayward | 46 | Fullarton Road | Springfield | Mitcham | Museum | |
| The Cedars | 1870s | | | Heysen Road | Hahndorf | Mount Barker | Museum | Purchased by Hans Heysen in 1912 |
| Collingrove | 1856 | John Howard Angas | | Eden Valley Road | Angaston | Barossa | National Trust | |
| Claremont see Hartley Bank | | | | | Glen Osmond | Burnside | | |
| Clifton Manor | 1852 | George Deane Sismey | 16 | Waratah Way | Stonyfell | Burnside | Private home | |
| Cobham Hall | ~1840 | Dr. Joseph Bell | 4 | Gordon Street | Morphettville | Marion | Cobham Retirement Homes | |
| Coreega | 1883 | Frank Makin | | 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 | Gunton has R. D. Hawkins |
| Craigbuie | 1887 | Johann Schmidt | | | Leabrook | Burnside | Private home | Orig. owner Alfred Watts Orig. The Wattles aka Edelweiss |
| Craigmellon | | | 3 | Edwin Terrace | Gilberton | Walkerville | Private home | George Brookman c.1880-1920 |
| Cummins House | 1842 | Sir John Morphett | | Sheoak Avenue | Novar Gardens | W. Torrens | Museum and Function centre | |
| Darroch House | 1885 | James Waddell Marshall | 6 | Briar Road | Felixstow | N P & S | Bowen Funerals | |
| Delamere | 1847 | William Bartley | | Delamere Avenue | Springfield | Mitcham | Demolished ~1950 | |
| Dickson House | 1950 | Robert Dickson | 1 | Wandilla Drive | Rostrevor | Camp'twn | Private home | $^{:14}$ |
| Dover House | ~1848 | William Wheewall | | | Kensington Gardens | Burnside | Private home | |
| Dunluce Castle | 1912 | Alexander Macully | | Yester Avenue | Brighton | Holdfast | Private home | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Eynesbury House | 1880 | George Wilcox | 69 | Belair Road | Kingswood | Mitcham | Private home | |
| 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 | James Gartrell |
| Forest Lodge | 1892 | John Bagot | 19 | Pine Street | Stirling | Adel. Hills | Private residence | For many years summer home of Bagot family |
| Forsyth House Kahurangi Aldersgate | 1913 | A. E. Pitt | 160 | OG Road | Felixstow | N P & S | Aldersgate Nursing Home | |
| Glanville Hall | 1856 | John Hart | | Park Ave | Glanville | PAE | Senior Citizens' club | ca.1930 J. Anderson |
| Glenara | ~1865 | William Hill | | Esplanade | Glenelg | Holdfast | | |
| Glynde House | | E. C. Gwynne | | Avenue Road | Payneham | N P & S | Private residence | Gwynne extended 1838 cottage |
| Grange | 1840 | Capt. Charles Sturt | | Jetty Street | Grange | Chas. Sturt | Charles Sturt Museum | R. F. Newland lived here for some years |
| The Grove | 1872 | John Acraman | | View Road and North East Road | Walkerville | Walkerville | College Grove Rehabilitation Hospital | Destroyed by fire in October 1876 |
| Hartley Bank | 1842 | Alfred Hardy | | | Glen Osmond | Burnside | Private home | 1862: Renamed Claremont by Daniel Cudmore |
| Hazelwood Cottage | 1848 | Alexander Lang Elder | 32 | Howard Terrace | Hazelwood Park | Burnside | Private home | |
| Heathpool | 1840 | George Reed | 16 | Hanson Avenue | Heathpool | Burnside | Private home | |
| Helenholm | 1853 | William Finlayson | 1 | Finlayson Street | Netherby | Mitcham | Private home | Enlarged 1915 by W. A. Norman |
| Heywood | ~1855 | Thomas Whistler (perhaps) | 6 | Addiscombe Place | Unley Park | Unley | Private home | Owned by Haslam family for numerous years |
| Highfield | 1849 | Edward Drew | | Portrush Road | Glen Osmond | Burnside | Business premises | |
| Ilfracombe | 1840 | Dr. James Nash | | | Burnside | Burnside | Demolished | Owned by "Stonyfell" Martin family for 90 years |
| Ivanhoe | | | 9 | Edwin Terrace | Gilberton | Walkerville | Private home | |
| Jordon House | ~1860 | William Gerrard | | Daws Road | Edwardstown | Marion | Demolished | Orig. cottage developed by Gerrard |
| 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 | 329 | Marion Road | North Plympton | W. Torrens | Community centre | Named in honour of "Earl Roberts of Kandahar" |
| Kingsmead | 1865 | Charles Jacob | 75–78 | Brougham Place | North Adelaide | Adelaide | Private home | |
| Kingston House | 1840 | George Strickland Kingston | 48 | Kingston Crescent | Kingston Park | Holdfast | Function venue | Marino Hotel and Boarding House until 1843. |
| 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 |
| Landunna | | John Rounsevell | 111 | Hutt Street | Adelaide | Adelaide | Naval, Military & Airforce Club | "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 | 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 |
| Manse | 1882 | North Adelaide Baptist Church | 142 | Tynte Street | North Adelaide | Adelaide | Restaurant | Property gifted to the National Trust of South Australia in 2021. |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Monalta aka Hope Lodge, Cherington | ~1870 | R. B. Andrews Q.C. | 13 | Laffers Road | Belair | Mitcham | Blackwood District Community Hospital | Other owners include: A. G. Downer H. O. Hannaford Wykeham School F. J. Blades |
| Monklands | | | 52 | Church Terrace | Walkerville | Walkerville | | |
| Montefiore | | Sir Samuel Way | | Palmer Place | North Adelaide | Adelaide | Aquinas College | Way 1872–1916 Harold Fisher |
| Morialta | 1847 | John Baker | | Morialta Lane | Norton Summit | Adel. Hills | Youth with a Mission | 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 | Hay also commissioned "Linden". |
| Mount Laura | 1922 | | | Ekblom Street | Whyalla Norrie | Whyalla | National Trust | |
| 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 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'. |
| Nesfield | 1880 | Edward Davies | 353 | Marion Road | North Plympton | W. Torrens | Private home | |
| Nurney House | 1849 | Charles Bagot | Cnrs | Kingston Terrace, Jerningham Street and Stanley Street | North Adelaide | Adelaide | Private home | |
| Old Government House | 1860 | Governor of South Australia | | Belair National Park | Belair | Mitcham | Museum | |
| Olivewood | 1889 | Charles F. Chaffey | Cnr | Renmark Avenue and 21st Street | Renmark | Renmark | National Trust | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | ~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 1945 Warren Bonython 2014 New owners |
| The Rosary | 1870s | Benjamin Babbage | | Donald Street | St Marys | Mitcham | Demolished 1930s | Locally referred to as Babbage's Castle |
| 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 | 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 | |
| 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 |
| Tranmere House | 1898 | George Hunt | 3 | Kings Grove | Tranmere | Camp'twn | Private home | State Heritage Listed |
| Tregenna | 1899-1900 | William Frederick Stock | 85 | North East Road | Collinswood | Prospect | Demolished ~1970 | Advertised in 1917, but remained within extended family; sold to ABC in 1957 for TV service for SA, replaced by 8-storey brutalist building. |
| 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 |
| Urrbrae House | 1891 | Peter Waite | | Claremont Avenue | Urrbrae | Mitcham | University of Adelaide | |
| Wairoa | 1888 | William Austin Horn | 160 | Mount Barker Road | Aldgate | Adel. Hills | Private home | 1971-2004 Marbury School |
| Warrakilla | 1841 | William Warland | | Strathalbyn Road | Mylor | Adel. Hills | Private home | Orig. Wheatsheaf Inn 1879 George Goyder |
| Waverley (orig. "Waverly") | 1862 | William Sanders | 356–364 | South Terrace | Adelaide | Adelaide | St Andrews private hospital | 1873 T. R. Bowman 1915 H. C. Cave 1946 Legacy Club |
| Weetunga | 1878 | Samuel White | 12-14 | Weetunga St | Fulham | W. Torrens | Private home | |
| Whitehead | 1907 | A. G. Rymill | 39 | Brougham Place | North Adelaide | Adelaide | Principal's residence, Lincoln College | A. C. Rymill Uniting Church |
| Willyama ( = "Broken Hill area") | 1876 | Dr. Oscar Gorger | 12 | The Avenue | Medindie | Walkerville | Private home | 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 |