Find out more about Sir Samuel Davenport and his Beaumont House connection. The special guided tours of the house will focus on Davenport and the many objects on display. After the tour, you can enjoy refreshments in the Simpson Room or out on the veranda, which offers views of the garden, the city, and the gulf. Wander through beautiful gardens and the olive grove. (weather permitting).
Claremont Cottage built in 1849 by Augustus Short, first Anglican Bishop of Adelaide and wife Millicent Phillips. Purchased by Sir Samuel Davenport and wife Margaret Cleland in 1857; a politician, horticulturist, pioneer of SA’s olive oil, wine, silk, and perfume industries. In 1907 purchased by Major William Vincent and wife Alice Buzzard, and in 1911 by lawyer Richard Bennett and his bohemian wife Lillian Brocksopp. He died in 1929 and she married Kenneth Brock in 1936. Property bequeathed to NTSA in 1970.
