| LOCATION |
| Map |
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| Address |
17 Adelaide Road MOUNT BARKER |
| Locality |
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| Accuracy |
H - high level confidence |
| Council Area |
Mount Barker Council |
| Polygon Type |
B - Building footprint |
| DESCRIPTION |
| Details (Known As) |
Dwelling ('Auchendarroch', sometime Memorial Hospital Convalescent Home, incorporating original Oakfield Hotel), stone and iron wall (on township side) and grounds |
| Registered Name |
Dwelling - 'Auchendarroch' |
| Significance |
Auchendarroch has very high historical significance due to its association with the Barr Smiths - one of the most important and prominent families in the South Australian social, business and political community in the latter half of the Nineteenth Century. Designed as the Barr Smiths' summer house, to take advantage of Mount Barker's cooler climate, Auchendarroch was home to the family and their staff for almost six months of every year for approximately 40 years.
The substantial two-storey sandstone and rendered brick building is also architecturally significant as the largest known residential example in South Australia of the French Renaissance (or Victorian Second Empire) style, a style uncommon in Adelaide. Originally constructed as the Oakfield Hotel c.1860, the property was purchased in 1878 by Robert Barr Smith who commissioned architect John Harry Grainger (father of renowned musician Percy Grainger) to undertake its conversion to a large country house, set within an extensive estate which included gardens, orchards and farming land.
Despite successive adaptations to accommodate its later use as a convalescent home, and the loss of internal decorative elements, (including most of the original William Morris and Company soft furnishings), Auchendarroch remains a significant reminder of the lifestyle of one of the State's most prominent families.
[Adapted from: Bruce Harry & Associates 'Conservation Plan of Auchendarroch' March 1994]
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| Subject Index |
Residential - Large House; Health - Hospital; Hotels, motels & accommodation - Hotel |
| Class |
State |
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| STATUS |
| Status Code |
REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register |
| Status Date |
27-SEP-1990 |
| REFERENCE |
| LGA |
Mount Barker |
| State Heritage ID |
13737 |
| Heritage Number |
16106 |
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| SECTION 16 INFORMATION |
| Section 16 |
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| PLAN PARCEL & TITLE |
| As listed in the SA Heritage Register |
| Plan Parcel & Title Information |
CT 6227/849 D58933 A10,CT 6227/850 D58933 A10 |