Eynesbury. Eynesbury House at Mitcham built around 1854 and mid 1870s.
Eynesbury House.
William Letchford purchased 14 acres at Mitcham in 1854. Letchford 1821 to 1880 was one of the first land brokers in South Australia. He also had successful manufacturing enterprises such as a soap and candle-making factory. On his Mitcham estate he built a large but not grand two-storey house around 1854. He sold this to George and Fannie Wilcox of Gawler in 1872.
Wilcox had arrived in SA in 1857 and set up as a draper in Gawler. He later diversified into groceries, wool buying and hides and skins. He was also a director of the Moonta Mines at Hamley. He also had a soap works, Apollo Soap, at Hindmarsh. When he purchased the Mitcham house in 1872 George Wilcox named it Eynesbury House after the birthplace, in England, of his wife Fannie. He greatly enlarged and embellished the house. The three storey tower and the classical façade is very typical of late 1870s and early 1880s buildings. George Wilcox died in 1908 and his widow and her second husband lived on in the house for many years. In the 1970s and 1980s the Hare Krishna movement obtained the property for residential and worshipping purposes. Then in 1990 an upper secondary college was established in the house and on the two-acre property which was called Eynesbury College. Since then the College has moved into the city of Adelaide but they are still known as Eynesbury College in Franklin street Adelaide. Eynesbury House is now owned privately and it is a significant mansion along Belair Road at Mitcham with an impressive front fence and gates. Attached to the house is a two storey stable, coach house and stable block.
Eynesbury. Eynesbury House at Mitcham built around 1854 and mid 1870s.
Eynesbury House.
William Letchford purchased 14 acres at Mitcham in 1854. Letchford 1821 to 1880 was one of the first land brokers in South Australia. He also had successful manufacturing enterprises such as a soap and candle-making factory. On his Mitcham estate he built a large but not grand two-storey house around 1854. He sold this to George and Fannie Wilcox of Gawler in 1872.
Wilcox had arrived in SA in 1857 and set up as a draper in Gawler. He later diversified into groceries, wool buying and hides and skins. He was also a director of the Moonta Mines at Hamley. He also had a soap works, Apollo Soap, at Hindmarsh. When he purchased the Mitcham house in 1872 George Wilcox named it Eynesbury House after the birthplace, in England, of his wife Fannie. He greatly enlarged and embellished the house. The three storey tower and the classical façade is very typical of late 1870s and early 1880s buildings. George Wilcox died in 1908 and his widow and her second husband lived on in the house for many years. In the 1970s and 1980s the Hare Krishna movement obtained the property for residential and worshipping purposes. Then in 1990 an upper secondary college was established in the house and on the two-acre property which was called Eynesbury College. Since then the College has moved into the city of Adelaide but they are still known as Eynesbury College in Franklin street Adelaide. Eynesbury House is now owned privately and it is a significant mansion along Belair Road at Mitcham with an impressive front fence and gates. Attached to the house is a two storey stable, coach house and stable block.