Kingston House is the oldest building in the Holdfast Bay Council area.
It was the country home of the Kingston Family - a family who were extremely influential in the founding of the South Australian colony and of the nation.
George Strickland Kingston came to South Australia aboard the 'Cygnet' in 1836 as Deputy Surveyor to Colonel Light.
He purchased the property on which the House stands in April 1839. In 1840 he granted Robert Bristow permission to build an Inn on it, which was to cater for the workers from the nearby quarry and sailors from ships using the pier at the proposed harbour in Marino Bay (which never eventuated).
Bristow built the original 3 rooms from prefabricated timber panels shipped out from England and built a verandah all around it. However this venture only lasted a few years when the building and land was leased to Samuel Oakley, a farmer, until about 1850.
In 1851, George returned to the house to make it his permanent residence. He set about improving the existing structure and added the two-storey eastern wing.
The house remained in the Kingston family until the death of his son's widow, Lucy, in 1919.
The State Government purchased the property in the 1920s, and it was restored due to popular demand in 1983.
State Heritage ID 10617
Tags: historic heritage architecture South Australia Australia Kingston Park
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Kingston House is the oldest building in the Holdfast Bay Council area.
It was the country home of the Kingston Family - a family who were extremely influential in the founding of the South Australian colony and of the nation.
George Strickland Kingston came to South Australia aboard the 'Cygnet' in 1836 as Deputy Surveyor to Colonel Light.
He purchased the property on which the House stands in April 1839. In 1840 he granted Robert Bristow permission to build an Inn on it, which was to cater for the workers from the nearby quarry and sailors from ships using the pier at the proposed harbour in Marino Bay (which never eventuated).
Bristow built the original 3 rooms from prefabricated timber panels shipped out from England and built a verandah all around it. However this venture only lasted a few years when the building and land was leased to Samuel Oakley, a farmer, until about 1850.
In 1851, George returned to the house to make it his permanent residence. He set about improving the existing structure and added the two-storey eastern wing.
The house remained in the Kingston family until the death of his son's widow, Lucy, in 1919.
The State Government purchased the property in the 1920s, and it was restored due to popular demand in 1983.
State Heritage ID 10617
Tags: historic heritage architecture South Australia Australia Kingston Park inn
© All Rights Reserved
Kingston House is the oldest building in the Holdfast Bay Council area.
It was the country home of the Kingston Family - a family who were extremely influential in the founding of the South Australian colony and of the nation.
George Strickland Kingston came to South Australia aboard the 'Cygnet' in 1836 as Deputy Surveyor to Colonel Light.
He purchased the property on which the House stands in April 1839. In 1840 he granted Robert Bristow permission to build an Inn on it, which was to cater for the workers from the nearby quarry and sailors from ships using the pier at the proposed harbour in Marino Bay (which never eventuated).
Bristow built the original 3 rooms from prefabricated timber panels shipped out from England and built a verandah all around it. However this venture only lasted a few years when the building and land was leased to Samuel Oakley, a farmer, until about 1850.
In 1851, George returned to the house to make it his permanent residence. He set about improving the existing structure and added the two-storey eastern wing.
The house remained in the Kingston family until the death of his son's widow, Lucy, in 1919.
The State Government purchased the property in the 1920s, and it was restored due to popular demand in 1983.
State Heritage ID 10617
Tags: historic heritage architecture South Australia Australia Kingston Park
© All Rights Reserved
Kingston House is the oldest building in the Holdfast Bay Council area.
It was the country home of the Kingston Family - a family who were extremely influential in the founding of the South Australian colony and of the nation.
George Strickland Kingston came to South Australia aboard the 'Cygnet' in 1836 as Deputy Surveyor to Colonel Light.
He purchased the property on which the House stands in April 1839. In 1840 he granted Robert Bristow permission to build an Inn on it, which was to cater for the workers from the nearby quarry and sailors from ships using the pier at the proposed harbour in Marino Bay (which never eventuated).
Bristow built the original 3 rooms from prefabricated timber panels shipped out from England and built a verandah all around it. However this venture only lasted a few years when the building and land was leased to Samuel Oakley, a farmer, until about 1850.
In 1851, George returned to the house to make it his permanent residence. He set about improving the existing structure and added the two-storey eastern wing.
The house remained in the Kingston family until the death of his son's widow, Lucy, in 1919.
The State Government purchased the property in the 1920s, and it was restored due to popular demand in 1983.
State Heritage ID 10617
Tags: historic heritage architecture South Australia Australia Kingston Park
© All Rights Reserved
Kingston House is the oldest building in the Holdfast Bay Council area.
It was the country home of the Kingston Family - a family who were extremely influential in the founding of the South Australian colony and of the nation.
George Strickland Kingston came to South Australia aboard the 'Cygnet' in 1836 as Deputy Surveyor to Colonel Light.
He purchased the property on which the House stands in April 1839. In 1840 he granted Robert Bristow permission to build an Inn on it, which was to cater for the workers from the nearby quarry and sailors from ships using the pier at the proposed harbour in Marino Bay (which never eventuated).
Bristow built the original 3 rooms from prefabricated timber panels shipped out from England and built a verandah all around it. However this venture only lasted a few years when the building and land was leased to Samuel Oakley, a farmer, until about 1850.
In 1851, George returned to the house to make it his permanent residence. He set about improving the existing structure and added the two-storey eastern wing.
The house remained in the Kingston family until the death of his son's widow, Lucy, in 1919.
The State Government purchased the property in the 1920s, and it was restored due to popular demand in 1983.
State Heritage ID 10617
Tags: historic heritage architecture South Australia Australia Kingston Park inn
© All Rights Reserved