Taplin real estate group rumoured to have bought Le Cornu family’s sprawling Brighton estate

One of South Australia’s biggest names in property has been linked to the purchase of a landmark estate near Glenelg.

The numbers are the regulated and significant trees located on the Le Cornu family property. The Holdfast Bay Council’s assessment panel rejected an application to axe 10 of the trees.

One of South Australia’s biggest names in property has been linked to the purchase of a landmark estate owned by a prominent retail family.

The Advertiser has been told that the Taplin Group has bought the Le Cornu family’s house at 28 Sturt Rd, Brighton.

The property, near the corner of Roberts St, was the site of a contentious, failed bid to subdivide the block for 28 houses.

Glenelg businessman and Taplin Group director Andrew Taplin.

The Le Cornu home in Sturt Street, Brighton, which failed to get heritage listing today.

Taplin Group director Andrew Taplin, pictured, texted “no comment at this time” after The Advertiser left a message asking him about rumours of a purchase.

The 1920s’ Brighton house and 9400sq m block is part of the estate of the late Le Cornu matriarch Llora Shirley Le Cornu.

Holdfast Bay Council’s assessment panel last year refused the axing of 10 mature gum trees to allow for the subdivision.

The Taplin real estate name is synonymous with Glenelg and surrounds and owns dozens of properties on Jetty Rd, Glenelg.