Cottage 10
From $220 per night
A queen bedroom and a second bedroom with a double bed. Best for two couples, or a family of four.
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Burra · South Australia
Two restored 1856 miners' cottages, on the Cornish terrace they were built as
Truro Street, Burra — two hours north of Adelaide. Sleeps four, open fire, heated bathroom floor, and a fridge already stocked for breakfast. From $220 a night.
4.8 out of 5 from 30 Google reviews
State Heritage listed
Two regional tourism awards
What you're booking
You get the whole cottage
James and Emma Tiver built this row in 1856, when Burra's Monster Mine was the richest copper mine in the world and Cornish miners were arriving by the shipload. Two of the cottages are ours.
There's no reception desk, no shared hallway, no host in the next room. You get your own front door, and the key is yours until you leave.
Four rooms, laid out the way they were 170 years ago: a parlour with an open fire, a kitchen, and two bedrooms. Everything you'd actually miss is modern.
Included in the rate
Breakfast is already in the fridge
No set breakfast time. No dining room. No making conversation before you've had a coffee.
When you arrive the kitchen is stocked: local country-style bacon, free-range eggs, tomatoes and baked beans, cereals, jams, biscuits, fresh orange juice, bread of your choice, a fruit basket, Twinings teas and a Nespresso machine.
Cook it at nine, or at noon. It's included in the rate, for however many of you there are.
Choose your cottage
Two cottages, both sleeping four
They're next door to each other and identical in what they offer. The only real difference is the second bedroom.
Cottage 8
From $220 per night
A queen bedroom and a second bedroom with two single beds. Best for a family with children, or friends travelling together.
See Cottage 8Both cottages include
- Open fire — firewood $20 a night, cooler months
- Reverse-cycle air conditioning throughout
- Bathroom with underfloor heating
- Toiletries and a hairdryer
- Full kitchen — crockery, cutlery, pots and pans
- Breakfast provisions for your whole stay
- Linen, blankets, quilts and electric blankets
- Bathrobes and towels
- Smart TV and wifi
- Private garden with outdoor furniture
- Carport off the back garden
- BBQ, port-a-cot and fold-out bed on request
For larger groups
Or take the whole row
Book both cottages and Tivers Row is yours — eight adults, two front doors, one garden fence between you.
It's how most milestone birthdays, family reunions and country-wedding weekends here end up working. Everyone gets their own kitchen and their own bathroom, and nobody has to sleep on a sofa.
Rates
What it costs
Per cottage. No cleaning fee, no booking fee, no charge for linen.
| Per cottage | Rate |
|---|---|
| One night, two people | $240 |
| Two nights or more, per night | $220 |
| Each extra person, per night | $40 |
| Firewood for the open fire (winter) | $20 / night |
| Breakfast provisions, linen, towels, robes | Included |
Check in from 2pm, check out by 10am. Children are welcome — a port-a-cot or fold-out bed is available on request at no extra charge.
The best time to come
Come in winter. That's when a stone cottage earns its keep
Burra sits at 500 metres and gets genuinely cold — it has been known to snow. That's rather the point. Light the fire, pull the curtains, and let the underfloor heating and the electric blankets do the rest. Add firewood when you book — $20 a night — and we'll have it stacked by the hearth for you.
Summers are warm and dry, and 170-year-old stone walls keep the rooms cool through the worst of the afternoon.
Where you are
A copper town that kept the evidence
Burra didn't tidy its history away. The Heritage Passport from the Visitor Centre is a key — literally, a key — to eight locked sites along a self-guided trail.
The Monster Mine
The richest copper mine in the world in 1851. The Cornish engine houses from the 1860s are still standing above the open cut.
The town itself
Pubs, antique shops and a community library with the local history records. Breaker Morant was filmed here.
Clare Valley, 40km on
The cellar doors start forty kilometres down the road. There's also an A1-standard golf course that welcomes casual players.
What guests say
4.8 out of 5, from 30 Google reviews
Twelve years of them, and we read every one.
"Wow! What a treat! Above and way beyond expectations… Breakfast supplies were super generous! But my favourite, the heated floors. I was expecting to be a bit chilly in a historic stone cottage. But not at all!"
— Ben, 2023
"What a treat lovely cottage, great bed so comfy, open fire place, lots of fantastic breakfast stuff, eggs, bacon, bread tomatoes. We stayed for 4 days had a great time out of 5 I'd give it a 10."
— Jan, 2024
"Stayed 2 nights on my way to VIC and back from the NT. Well stocked with brekkie provisions, even left a bottle of wine for my second visit. Secure undercover parking. Will definitely stay again."
— Geoffrey, 2025
Two hours north of Adelaide, and 170 years back
Check the dates, see the total, and book straight with us — the same people who'll hand you the key.