Unley Park. Adelaide. Victoria Avenue. The impressive cast iron entrance gates to Trefresa House. Named after a Cornish farm. The mansion was built for Glen Legoe in 1919.
Victoria Avenue. Trefresa House. This Cornish name was used as Trefresa Farm in Cornwall was where his father John Legoe was born. His father was a sea Captain and captained many passenger ships to Australia from the 1850s to the 1870. He captained the maiden voyage of the Yalata to Adelaide, his visit to SA, in 1865. His last voyage to SA was in 1877 when he bought his family with him to settle here. His son Glen became a director of G & R Wills Company and later W Moffin & Co and George Wilcox and Co. He was mainly an importer with these companies and an exporter of meat, wool, hides but also had a pastoral estate at Binnum in the South East. Glen bought his land in Victoria Avenue in 1902 with a house standing on it erected by a previous owner. In 1919 he engaged architects Woods, Bagot, Jory and Laybourne-Smith to prepare drawings for major alterations to the value of around £5000. This work transformed the look and style of the original house. The “new’ residence was built in the English style with a steep tiled roof, wide verandas, round columns, and attic windows. It has the appearance of a British colonial house from hill country in India. The unique appearance of the house includes dormer windows beside a central chimney which softens the massive bulk of the steep roof. Glen Legoe’s Trefresa House was subdivided into 11 properties in 1922 when Glen Avenue was created. Glen Avenue opened up land back to the railway line. The house of 14 main rooms and with over two acres of gardens was sold in 1938 and by 1941 it was owned by Clive Langdon Bonython a member of one of SA’s wealthiest and best known family through investments and ownership of the Advertiser. Clive was a mere accountant and business director. His directorships included Wiles manufacturing Company and Mumzone products etc. The property has superb cast iron gates. The steep roof looks as if designed to cope with tropical downpours or massive winter snows.
Unley Park. Adelaide. Victoria Avenue. The impressive cast iron entrance gates to Trefresa House. Named after a Cornish farm. The mansion was built for Glen Legoe in 1919.
Victoria Avenue. Trefresa House. This Cornish name was used as Trefresa Farm in Cornwall was where his father John Legoe was born. His father was a sea Captain and captained many passenger ships to Australia from the 1850s to the 1870. He captained the maiden voyage of the Yalata to Adelaide, his visit to SA, in 1865. His last voyage to SA was in 1877 when he bought his family with him to settle here. His son Glen became a director of G & R Wills Company and later W Moffin & Co and George Wilcox and Co. He was mainly an importer with these companies and an exporter of meat, wool, hides but also had a pastoral estate at Binnum in the South East. Glen bought his land in Victoria Avenue in 1902 with a house standing on it erected by a previous owner. In 1919 he engaged architects Woods, Bagot, Jory and Laybourne-Smith to prepare drawings for major alterations to the value of around £5000. This work transformed the look and style of the original house. The “new’ residence was built in the English style with a steep tiled roof, wide verandas, round columns, and attic windows. It has the appearance of a British colonial house from hill country in India. The unique appearance of the house includes dormer windows beside a central chimney which softens the massive bulk of the steep roof. Glen Legoe’s Trefresa House was subdivided into 11 properties in 1922 when Glen Avenue was created. Glen Avenue opened up land back to the railway line. The house of 14 main rooms and with over two acres of gardens was sold in 1938 and by 1941 it was owned by Clive Langdon Bonython a member of one of SA’s wealthiest and best known family through investments and ownership of the Advertiser. Clive was a mere accountant and business director. His directorships included Wiles manufacturing Company and Mumzone products etc. The property has superb cast iron gates. The steep roof looks as if designed to cope with tropical downpours or massive winter snows.