Hutt Street is the easternmost of the five major north–south roads running through the
City of Adelaide
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. It runs from
Pirie Street
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to
South Terrace South Terrace may refer to:
*South Terrace, Adelaide, Australia
*South Terrace, Fremantle, Australia
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, from where it continues south as Hutt Road. Flanked by leafy side streets with many late 19th-century dwellings, it is home to a wide range of restaurants, two pubs, shops, offices and professional and medical suites.
History
Hutt Street is one of the original streets laid out in
William Light
William Light (27 April 1786 – 6 October 1839), also known as Colonel Light, was a British- Malayan naval and army officer. He was the first Surveyor-General of the new British Province of South Australia, known for choosing the site o ...
Adelaide city centre
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, Hutt street is occupied by numerous heritage buildings of architectural significance with many dating to the nineteenth century. Hutt Street has many restaurants and small businesses, including professional premises. It is known within Adelaide as a boutique dining locality. Pubs include the Arab Steed and Havelock Hotel, and there are many popular restaurants.
Hutt Street's surrounding streets and lanes include large wealthy homes intermixed with small workers' cottages, reflecting the substantial social mixture of early South Australia.
The Hutt Street Centre is a charity that provides services to
homeless people
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* living on the streets, also kn ...
, such as showers, meals and phone access on the premises, and outreach services such as medical, financial, housing, and employment services.
Each December, the Motorcycle Riders Association of SA holds a community event called the Toy Run, which raises funds for charity and which starts in Wakefield Street and then proceeds southwards along Hutt Street before heading up the
South Eastern Freeway
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and finishing at
Callington
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Callington parish had a population of 4,783 in 2001, according to the 2001 census. This had inc ...
.
The
Adelaide Street Circuit
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The "Grand Prix" version of t ...
centred on nearby
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, traverses of Hutt Street between Flinders Street and Bartels Road. A partial road closure occurs during the
Adelaide 500
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.
A
private hospital
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was a significant landmark at the north-west corner of the Hutt and
Wakefield Street
Wakefield Street is a main thoroughfare intersecting the centre of the South Australian capital, Adelaide, from east to west at its midpoint. It crosses Victoria Square in the centre of the city, which has a grid street plan. It continues as ...
s intersection. It was constructed there in 1934 as a special-purpose building with a capacity of 50 beds, to which the original "Private Hospital, Wakefield Street", founded about 1883–84, moved its activities. It was variously known also as Wakefield Memorial Hospital and Wakefield Hospital, or informally as "the Wakefield". The building was substantially expanded to a capacity of 180 beds and modernised before being acquired in 2006 by the Calvary group and renaming as
Calvary Wakefield Hospital
The Calvary Wakefield Hospital, formerly Private Hospital, Wakefield Street (PHWS) and variants, Wakefield Street Private Hospital, Wakefield Memorial Hospital and Wakefield Hospital, referred to informally as "the Wakefield", was a private ho ...
. It was superseded in 2020 by a new 344-bed hospital,
Calvary Adelaide Hospital
Calvary Adelaide Hospital is a private hospital on Angas Street in the central business district of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, that opened in 2020, taking over and expanding the services of Calvary Wakefield Hospital and Calvary R ...
, away in
Angas Street
Angas Street is a main street in the Adelaide city centre, South Australia.Map of the
John Cox Bray
Sir John Cox Bray (31 May 1842 – 13 June 1894) was a prominent South Australian politician and the first native-born Premier of South Australia (1881–1884).
Early life and education
John Cox Bray was born in East Adelaide, a son of Tom C ...
, a legal practitioner who became
Premier of South Australia
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, bought it and had the two-room-deep frontage of the building, as it appears today, constructed. The National Trust of South Australia has described the addition as "typical of the period, as Adelaide's economy was booming at the time. The flamboyant use of stucco and extensive cast-iron work is also symbolic of the status of the owner". The house remained in the Bray family until it was acquired by the
Adelaide City Council
The City of Adelaide, also known as the Corporation of the City of Adelaide and Adelaide City Council is a local government area in the metropolitan area of greater Adelaide, South Australia and is legally defined as the capital city of Sout ...
in 1973. After restoration it housed offices and, of late, several medical practices.
Rymill House
Rymill House and Coach House, at no. 40 Hutt Street on the corner with Flinders Street, is on a large block that extends to
East Terrace
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East Terrace marks the eastern edge of the Adelaide city centre. It is one of the main north–south thoroughfares through the east side of the city. Although the terrace essentially runs north–south between North Terrace and Sout ...
. It had its beginnings in the plot of land purchased by brothers
Henry
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and Frank Rymill, who were financiers, in 1859. They first had a small cottage built on the land, designed by
George Strickland Kingston
Sir George Strickland Kingston (23 August 1807 – 26 November 1880) was the Deputy Surveyor to William Light, engaged to survey the new colony of South Australia. He arrived in South Australia on the in 1836. Kingston was also the first Spea ...
, which was completed in 1860. After some years, Henry bought out Frank's share and had the cottage demolished. The present building was constructed in 1881 or 1884 to the design of
John Haslam
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. It was called "The Firs", although the surrounding trees were actually Aleppo pines. It was described as being in the Queen Anne architectural style, built using brown stone and Sydney stone. The house's heritage statement includes: "it is one of the largest and most prominent 19th century park lands mansions for which Adelaide has been renowned".
Henry Rymill, then his descendants, lived in the house until
World War II
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. It was sold in 1950 to the
Postmaster-General's Department
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and used for training until closed in 1982 by successor
Australia Post
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. It fell into neglect before being restored. In 1998, the Constantine family bought the property and had the house restored, and since 2012 custodianship has been shared with the Rymill House Foundation Trust. Since 2000, fundraising events have been held in the grounds to support education, heritage, sporting and welfare organisations in South Australia. In early 2022, plans to construct a new function centre, which would be placed in front of the house, were submitted for approval.