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LOCATION
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Address Carruth Road TORRENS PARK
Locality
Accuracy H - high level confidence
Council Area Mitcham Council
Polygon Type B - Building footprint
DESCRIPTION
Details (Known As) Scotch College (former 'Torrens Park') Main House, former Stables & East Lodge
Registered Name Scotch College. Former Torrens Park - Stables & East Lodge
Significance 'Torrens Park' is of significance for its association with several prominent South Australian families. The house was originally built by Robert Richard Torrens, the founder of the Torrens Title system of registering the ownership of land, a method which was subsequently adopted internationally. The house was later owned by Walter Watson Hughes, one of the founders of the University of Adelaide, and the Barr Smith family, prominent pastoralists and merchants. The property gave its name to the surrounding suburb of Torrens Park and the house remains as a significant example of the larger Victorian mansions built on the outskirts of Adelaide. The East Lodge gatehouse represents the scale of the original estate (Mitcham Heritage Survey, 1995).
Subject Index Residential - Large House; Education - Secondary School; Residential - Gatehouse; Residential - Stables [Residential]; Education - Primary School
Class State
STATUS
Status Code REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register
Status Date 19-AUG-1993
REFERENCE
LGA Mitcham
State Heritage ID 10699
Heritage Number 3728
SECTION 16 INFORMATION
Section 16
PLAN PARCEL & TITLE
As listed in the SA Heritage Register
Plan Parcel & Title Information CT 5742/233 D53591 A1,CT 6093/907 F218967 A100,CT 6093/908 F218967 A100

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