Carrick Hill

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Carrick House the main building on the Carrick Hill property.

Carrick Hill is a property at the foot of the Adelaide hills, in the suburb of Springfield, in South Australia. It was the home of Sir Edward "Bill" Hayward and his wife Lady Ursula (née Barr-Smith), and contains a large collection of drawings, sculptures, antiques and paintings. Completed in 1939 and built in the style of an English manor, it is one of the few period homes in Australia to have survived with its grounds undiminished and most of its original contents intact. Carrick Hill was bequeathed to the state in 1983 and is open to the public, with a charge for admission, for most of the year. It is closed during July for essential maintenance.

Carrick Hill regularly houses themed art exhibitions. On November 13, 2005 it hosted a reunion picnic for former staff of John Martins, which was for many years owned by the Hayward family. The event coincided with the opening of a social history exhibition entitled "Johnnies Spirit of a State" and was held on the weekend of the Adelaide Christmas Pageant, which was founded by Sir Edward.