17 Hooper Road

Mylor SA 5153

Current occupancy July 2010
6.5 acres
On the edge of Aldgate Mylor
North Facing slope
Aldgate ridge to the North
Cox Creek & Onkaparinga River 1km South East
Cultivated garden combined with mixed pasture and bushlnd
Bushland includes: Messmate Stringy Barks (2m girth & 35m tall)
Brown Stringybarks
Golden & Black Wattles
Native pines

Adjancent Mylor Conservation Park
Animals include; Resident Kangaroos visit, Koalas, Shinglebacks, Marbled Geckos, Skinks, Ringtailed possums, Magpies, Blue-tailed fairy wrens, Native ducks with seasonal ducklings, Kookaburras, Yellow tailed black cockatoos, Eastern tree frogs, Banjo frogs (favourite)

Garden includes: exotic varieties, manchurian pears, Chinese elms, sycamores, silver birch, mature oaks (up to 100yrs old), jacaranda ash, shagbark hickory, walnut tree, camellias, English box, hydrangeas, westrinia, lavender, hellebores, jasmine, wisteria, clematis, daisy bushes, buddleigha, salvia, roses, lavender & blue & white agapanthus around the sprawling lawned garden and lining the driveway.
Terraced terrain at the back (2015) accessed from a flight of stairs.
Orchard planted 2011 - cherries, pears, plums, apples, peaches, quinces, nectarines, orange, lemon trees, lime, lemonade, bay, pomegranate, walnut, mandarin including terraced vegetable garden & firepit

140 yr History
Subdivided in 1897 when held by the Melrose family whos homestead stands nearby.
Purchased by Charles Barnes Fleetwood in 1897 for 20 pounds for 20 acres
Charles built a two room stone cottage and lean-tos
With an expanding family - the cottage rooms built from local stone & wooden flooring & adorned fireplace within the walls of study/guest room (all still in place)
The house is now 5 times larger than original.
Major extensions in the 1960s (what you see today)
Major renovations 2000 to the master bedroom/dinning/sitting room with vaulted ceilings
Charles Fleetwood was a cabinet maker & carpenter whos work remains in the pews, altars & other joinery of many churches & schools in Adelaide and the Hills
Charles & Elizabeth had 7 children in 7 years

Fleetwood named in honour of the original owners and two former names were Kettles Farm & Tooram - the Fleetwoods came from Fleetwood in England