Old Governing administration Home. It was Governor Richard MacDonnell (1855-62) who wanted a summer time home absent from the warmth of Adelaide. The Colonial architect Edward Hamilton drew up the strategies for a very simple very little cottage on authorities Farm with an “indoor swimming pool” to preserve the vice regal couple’s modesty. Function was… Continue reading Belair. Fireplace decorations in the servants bedroom at Old Government House which was a summer retreat for SA governors from 1860 to 1880. Seldom used by governors after 1869. Never an offical residence. Now open as a museum.