Craiglea High Street 25

**Fast Facts**
Place type:	Building
Address:	25 High St
Town or Locality:	Gawler

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Craiglea was owned by Dr W.H. Popham who used to fire a cannon from his front garden to announce to the town that the mail from England had arrived. Dr W.H. Popham is buried in St George's Anglican Cemetery in Cheek Avenue along with his two wives. On his death, his son Dr Francis William Home Popham lived there until he died in 1903.

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Please click here to view historical information from the 1998 Danvers Heritage Survey regarding this location. <¹>

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References

1. Danvers Architects Gawler Heritage Survey 1998 The Corporation of the Town of Gawler (June 1998)

Craiglea

Craiglea - built 1858, has 10 main rooms and kitchen and bathroom facilities on both levels. Set on .4 ha of terraced garden, it accompanies a separate 2 storey care-takers residence and a huge barn and coach-house.