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Babbage's Castle, St. Mary's [B 7392] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] The ruins of 'The Rosary', better knows as 'Babbages' Castle'. The building of this Grand Intalianate style mansion (see B 5196) started in 1876. It was one of the first Adelaide buildings to be constructed from local lime concrete but once completed rapidly began to collapse due to salt damp. This view was taken in 1929 just before the remains of the house were demolished and the land was subdivided to become Castle Estate and St Marys Park housing estates. [On back of photograph] ''The Rosary' (Babbage's Castle) built at St. Mary's Park for B.H. Babbage in the 1870s on section 41, St. Mary's Park / 1929 / See A 845 for historical note / Presented by Mr. J. Herries'.

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Physical description

Photograph; 11.1 cm x 6.7 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1929

Collection

Part of St Marys Collection

Subject

Babbage's Castle (House : St. Marys, S.A.)
Rosary (House : St. Marys, S.A.)
Architecture, Domestic -- South Australia -- St. Marys

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Digitisation information

Date

18/10/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,281 x 1,959 pixels (6.4 MP)

Size

19.31 MB

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