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LOCATION
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Address 7 High Street STRATHALBYN
Locality
Accuracy H - high level confidence
Council Area Alexandrina Council
Polygon Type B - Building footprint
DESCRIPTION
Details (Known As) Shop and Dwelling (London House), including Stables
Registered Name London House
Significance London House is associated with the early commercial development of the township of Strathalbyn and its establishment as a regional service and transport centre connecting Adelaide to South Australia's south-east and Victoria in the late nineteenth century. Designed in the Victorian Regency style and built by storekeeper Thomas Stephens in 1867, London House is located on High Street in Strathalbyn's north-east. Stores like London House were vital to the early success of the township, demonstrating the importance of commerce in attracting visitors and settlers to townships and securing their permanence as nodal centres. The stables at the rear of site once accommodated horses for South Australia's largest and most enduring coaching business Hill & Co. and as such represent how regional depots operated during the peak period of coach transport in the colony prior to the prevalence of rail.
Subject Index Commerce (retail and wholesale) - Shop; Residential - Stables [Residential]; Residential - House
Class State
STATUS
Status Code REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register
Status Date 24-JUL-1980
REFERENCE
LGA Alexandrina
State Heritage ID 10340
Heritage Number 14923
SECTION 16 INFORMATION
Section 16
PLAN PARCEL & TITLE
As listed in the SA Heritage Register
Plan Parcel & Title Information CT 5806/377 F162316 A93

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