49 Stevenson St, Nailsworth, SA 5083

“A Little Piece of History PLUS a Load of Charm”

This could be the home of your dreams! Often sought but hard to find, this C”1885” stone fronted maisonette is a very rare breed of property.

The home offers three traditional fire places, stunning leadlight, timber floors, high ornate ceilings, two fantastic size bedrooms, great lounge and a decent size kitchen with adjacent dining. The outside offers room to park two cars side by side off street and a private garden for entertaining friends and family.

What can I say about location! Just a hop, skip and jump into O’Connell St and then a few minutes more into the heart of the City.

Why would you hesitate, it’s all here and ready right now for a new owner.
355 sqm approx.


A Little Bit Of History!

In 1885, Ellen Starling (nee Blaker) and her daughter Ellen "Nellie" Josephine Starling relocated from Victoria to 49 Stevenson Street, Nailsworth, following the death of husband and father, Joseph Mitchell Starling.

In 1903, at age 35, Nellie married Andrew Whyte Hendry, age 42, at her mother's home. They had two children, a daughter Ellen Gene in 1908, and a son Eric, who was born in 1910, but sadly passed away days later.

Andrew had founded the Institute for the Blind in 1884, with the aspiration to assist others, blind as he himself was since age 14, to educate themselves and find gainful employment. The Institute for the Blind was renamed by an act of parliament in recognition of their good work in 1974 as the Royal Society for the Blind.

Andrew died in 1918 at age 58, and shortly after his passing Nellie founded the Burwood Nursing Home in 1920 and became known as Sister, and later Matron Hendry.

Initially a maternity hospital, the building stretched across several house blocks from Stevenson to Burwood streets, with the attached 49 Stevenson Street as Matron Hendry's personal residence.

Burwood Nursing Home closed in the early 1940s, and Matron Hendry passed away in 1947, at the home of her daughter in Kensington Gardens.


For all enquiries, contact Beverley Philpott on 0414 880 001

RLA 46442

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