Baroona, Paddington

Baroona
Baroona
	Baroona, a residence in Paddington, Brisbane, 1886
Location	90 Howard Street, Paddington, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates	27°28′03″S152°59′35″E / 27.4675°S 152.9931°E Coordinates: 27°28′03″S152°59′35″E / 27.4675°S 152.9931°E
Design period	1840s–1860s (mid-19th century)
Built	c. 1866
Architect	Benjamin Backhouse
Queensland Heritage Register
	Official name: Baroona
Type	state heritage (landscape, built)
Designated	21 October 1992
Reference no.	600289
Significant period	1860s-1880s (fabric, history)
Significant components	garage, extension/s or addition/s, views from, tennis court, cellar, wall/s – retaining, garden/grounds, residential accommodation – main house
	Location of Baroona in Queensland Baroona, Paddington (Australia)

Last updated March 13, 2019

Baroona is a heritage-listed villa at 90 Howard Street, Paddington, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Benjamin Backhouse and built c. 1886. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.^[1]

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History

The original residence, called Baroona, was designed by Benjamin Backhouse and built in 1866 for William Draper Box on land which the architect had alienated in 1861 and Box acquired in 1865. The property extended from Baroona Road on one side to the outskirts of Torwood on the other.^[1]

William Draper Box was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council.

Box had arrived in Brisbane in 1862 to establish a Queensland branch of his father's mercantile firm, and lived at Baroona until 1885. He was a member of the Queensland Club and of the Queensland Legislative Council from 1874 until his death in 1904.^[1]

Brisbane is the capital of and the most populated city in the Australian state of Queensland, and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of 2.5 million, and the South East Queensland region, centred on Brisbane, encompasses a population of more than 3.5 million. The Brisbane central business district stands on the historic European settlement and is situated inside a peninsula of the Brisbane River, about 15 kilometres from its mouth at Moreton Bay. The metropolitan area extends in all directions along the floodplain of the Brisbane River Valley between Moreton Bay and the Great Dividing Range, sprawling across several of Australia's most populous local government areas (LGAs)—most centrally the City of Brisbane, which is by far the most populous LGA in the nation. The demonym of Brisbane is "Brisbanite".

Queensland Club is a heritage-listed club house at 19 George Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Francis Drummond Greville Stanley and built from 1882 to 1888 by J Smith & Sons. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.

The Queensland Legislative Council was the upper house of the parliament in the Australian state of Queensland. It was a fully nominated body which first took office on 1 May 1860. It was abolished by the Constitution Amendment Act 1921, which took effect on 23 March 1922.

During subsequent years the house was rented by two prominent politicians. Hon. John Donaldson Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly was in residence from about 1886 to 1889, followed by Sir Robert Philp of Burns Philp and Co, the Queensland Premier from 1899 to 1901. William Melbourne Watts, Land Commissioner, purchased the house in 1899 and sold it to Emily and Cornelius Geaney in 1919. Geaney was the City Mutual Life Insurance Company manager and his family retained the property until 1951 when Dr and Mrs Hill became the owners. It was sold again in 1984.^[1]

John Donaldson was a politician in colonial Queensland, Colonial Treasurer from 19 November 1889 to 12 August 1890.

Sir Robert Philp, was a Queensland businessman and politician who was Premier of Queensland from December 1899 to September 1903 and again from November 1907 to February 1908.

Burns Philp was once a major Australian shipping line and merchant that operated in the South Pacific. In later years the company was a major player in the food manufacturing business. Since its delisting from the Australian Stock Exchange in December 2006 and the subsequent sale of its assets, the company has mainly become a cashed up shell company. It is wholly owned by Graeme Hart's Rank Group.

The building was extensively modified by successive owners including the addition of rooms, brick render, eastern verandahs, fretwork gable, northern porch and a modern kitchen.^[1]

The name Baroona is also used for the main road, the locality and the municipal ward.^[1]

Description

Baroona is a single-storeyed rendered masonry building with a corrugated iron gabled roof. The building sits on a level hilltop site and has verandahs to the east and southeast, and to portions of the north and south elevations.^[1]

The gables have timber finials and decorative bargeboards with the eastern bay gable featuring timber fretwork. Verandahs have corrugated iron skillion roofs and the north verandah has an entrance porch with projecting gable.^[1]

The east and southeast verandahs sit on timber stumps and have latticed valance and cast iron balustrades. The south verandah has timber arches with lattice infill and opens off a hall with a corrugated iron barrel vault roof which is lined with tongue and groove boards. This vault has glazing to the western end and a central square raised skylight.^[1]

The building has sash windows and French doors open onto the verandahs with exposed windows having timber shutters. A brick cellar is located on the southern side, a carport is attached to the southwest and a separate rendered masonry garage with a corrugated iron gabled roof and decorative timber finials and bargeboards is located to the west.^[1]

The grounds include a lawn tennis court to the north, mature trees to the west and south and a stone embankment to the northeast.^[1]

Heritage listing

Baroona was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria.^[1]

The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history.

The association with Sir Robert Philp, Hon. John Donaldson and William Draper Box.^[1]

Community association with the name Baroona being used for the main road, the locality and the municipal ward.^[1]

Landmark value as the areas original house and its siting on the crest of the hill.^[1]

Evidence of the domestic work of Benjamin Backhouse.^[1]

The place is important because of its aesthetic significance.

Landmark value as the areas original house and its siting on the crest of the hill.^[1]

The place has a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons.

Community association with the name Baroona being used for the main road, the locality and the municipal ward.^[1]

The place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland's history.

The association with Sir Robert Philp, Hon. John Donaldson and William Draper Box.^[1]

Evidence of the domestic work of B Backhouse.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "Baroona (entry 600289)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

Attribution

This Wikipedia article was originally based on "The Queensland heritage register" published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 7 July 2014, archived on 8 October 2014). The geo-coordinates were originally computed from the "Queensland heritage register boundaries" published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 5 September 2014, archived on 15 October 2014).

External links

"BRISBANE'S HISTORIC HOMES". The Queenslander . 28 May 1931. p. 47 – via National Library of Australia. — 1931 newspaper article by Florence Eliza Lord

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