Not our house

We pass this mansion almost every day on our walks with George.  It was built in 1897 and is indicative of late Victorian style Adelaide mansions.  It's set high on a ridge overlooking the Adelaide plains, and the view must be simply amazing.  This is the history according to Mr. Wikipedia.

"Birralee" at Belair, South Australia at 49 Sheoak Road, adjacent to Belair National Park, and overlooking the Adelaide Plains, was originally named "Willa Willa" when it was built in 1897 by Thomas Kinley Hamilton.  On his death the estate was subdivided, and that portion containing the main house was later bought by William Burford, who renamed it "Birralee". After Burford's death in 1925, it became the home of his various descendants, then Scotch College, Adelaide, then Belair TB sanatorium, then Repatriation Hospital "Birralee", and then in the 1980s it was used as a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre.
The well maintained beautiful house, located in well maintained grounds, is now once again a private home.

Sorry about all those hyperlinks; without retyping the entry I can't get rid of them.

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