Stangate House and Garden
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Stangate House and Garden is a historic house
in Aldgate
, South Australia
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from 1937-39 by Rev. Samuel Raymond Baron Cornish, the original owner. In January 1940, Adelaide
architect Eric McMichael accepted the model and plans made by Rev. Cornish and started construction on the house on January 18, 1940. Rev. Cornish and his wife, Gwyneth developed the Stangate garden and rerouted the creek to run through it. In the 1960s or 1970s, Gwyneth bequeathed the property to the National Trust of South Australia. The Camellia Society of Adelaide Hills maintains the garden.
Historic house
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in Aldgate
Aldgate, South Australia
Aldgate is a South Australian town located 21 kilometres south-east of Adelaide, in the Adelaide Hills.The town of Aldgate was supposedly named in 1882 after the local hotel the Aldgate Pump, which was named by Richard D. Hawkins, who had additionally opened the nearby Crafers Inn...
, South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
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History
Stangate House was first planned in LondonLondon
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from 1937-39 by Rev. Samuel Raymond Baron Cornish, the original owner. In January 1940, Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
architect Eric McMichael accepted the model and plans made by Rev. Cornish and started construction on the house on January 18, 1940. Rev. Cornish and his wife, Gwyneth developed the Stangate garden and rerouted the creek to run through it. In the 1960s or 1970s, Gwyneth bequeathed the property to the National Trust of South Australia. The Camellia Society of Adelaide Hills maintains the garden.