walls and gates Sites

The Western section of this wall building with 100 feet (30 metre) frontage was built about 1878; as part of the Brothers House and Hurley Wing. E. H. Bayer was the architect.  The original building was demolished by the Adelaide City Council as part of the Frome Street scheme in ... Continue Reading »

Rymill House is a two storied stone building in the style of the Dutch Renaissance, built in 1881 by Henry Rymill on the site of a house which he had demolished.  The Coach house (which faces Hutt Street) matches the design of the house with stone walls of uncoursed ashlar, cemented brick ... Continue Reading »

St Margaret's, erected in the 1890's, is remarkable for its beautiful squared blue stone walls. Dressings are all of brick.  The pyramid like cap was fired in one piece, as well as the caps of the pillars and front porch. The mosaic floor in the porch is said to have been brought to Adelaide from ... Continue Reading »

This house, a one-storied version of 58 Brougham Place, was built in 1881 on what had long been the garden of F.S. Dutton's house, now demolished, which stood to the East.  Dutton was twice Premier of South Australia, the second time in 1865; he resigned and became Agent-General in ... Continue Reading »

This house was built in 1882 for H.L. Ayers for his occupation and remained the home of the Harry Ayers family until 1940.  With its great bay windows and its cast-iron trimmed veranda and balcony it was typical of its period and also the most important example.  William McMinn was ... Continue Reading »

This building of accomplished Tudor design by the architect E.J. Woods, was erected in 1876 as the Training School for Teachers (or Pupil Teacher School).  In 1908 the School amalgamated with Advanced School for Girls and the Grote Street School to form Adelaide High School. The two storey building with its ... Continue Reading »