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The Mansions: 40 George Street, Brisbane. Queensland
The Mansions. 40 George Street, Brisbane. Queensland.
The Mansions is a Brisbane landmark. The huge row of six three storey terraces were built in 1889 to the design of G.H.M Addison and is a rare example of the American Romanesque style being applied to a row of terraced homes.
The building features some unique characteristics, including cat gargoyles on the corners of the parapet which is a balustrade. The long limestone loggia are a substitute to the iron lacework typical of Australian terraces. Classical columns prop up the arcades and triangular pediments mark the entrances. There are other italianate features including the Palladian motifs on the upper windows over triangular pediments. Bays culminate in an attic level features an interesting asymmetric faceted bay design with a corrugated iron roof, cast iron finial crests and brick chimneys.
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Bridget Goggs Terrace: Brisbane Street, Ipswich. Queensland (demolished 1936)
Bridget Goggs Terrace: Brisbane Street, Ipswich. Queensland. Image from the State Library of Queensland
Built in 1858 by Matthew Goggs, this row of five single storey brick terraces with attic level is one of the few built in a Queensland provincial city. The photo was taken just prior to its demolition in 1936, however even then the row was showing its age. In the 1860s Ipswich, a booming mining town, rivaled penal Brisbane in terms of importance and many grand homes and terraces anticipated its further growth. However history shows that Brisbane became the colony’s capital, quickly outgrew and absorbed Ipswich in its rapidly expanding western suburbs.
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Byrne Terrace: Wickham Terrace, Brisbane (demolished)
Byrne Terrace. Wickham Terrace, Brisbane. Photo from the State Library of Queensland
Byrne Terrace was a row of five double storey terraces on Wickham Terrace in Brisbane. Built around 1886 just before the subdivision act which effectively stopped further terrace development, this row of houses overlooked the growing city and its river. Byrne terrace was built for the wealthy and was occupied by businessmen, doctors and medical professionals some of who used the houses as consulting rooms.
Before the construction of terraces houses, Wickham Terrace was noted for its handsome Victorian villas, some of which still exist. However over the next couple of decades Brisbane’s wealthy moved to new estates in suburbs such as Ascot, Hamilton and Indooroopilly.
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Petrie Mansions: 242-246 Petrie Terrace. Brisbane, Queensland
Petrie Mansions: 242-246 Petrie Terrace. Brisbane, Queensland
Petrie Mansions, a row of three double storey terrace houses is possibly Brisbane’s finest Victorian terraced row that remains (partly) residential as one ne of the houses is privately owned.
The Petrie Estate land sale began in 1883 and the majority of the terraces along Petrie Terrace were completed just before the Undue Subdivision of Land Prevention Act 1885 came into full effect, this row was originally known as “Illawarra”. As a result this fairly intact row of terraces is extremely rare in Brisbane and it is one of just a couple in the entire city. Many of the terraces built at the time used the sub-tropical Queenslander style hipped corrugated iron roof and Petrie Mansions was no exception.
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Cook Terrace: 249 Coronation Drive, Milton. Brisbane, Queensland
Cook Terrace: 249 Coronation Drive. Milton, Queensland
Cook Terrace is a landmark along the Brisbane River at Coronation Drive. It is a three storey row of six Victorian buildings dating back to 1888-1889.
Cook Terrace is currently used as offices as part of a prominent business park, however the terrace has had a long and interesting history.
It was originally built as flats rather than terrace houses by builder Joseph Blain Cook to exploit a loophole in the Queensland Undue Subdivision of Land Prevention Act of 1885 and avoid subsequent penalties. However like similar houses in Melbourne and Sydney, the row was aimed squarely at well-to-do tenants.
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