Bertholme

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Bertholme
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Bertholme, 1991
Location71-73 Moray Street, New Farm, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates 27°27′59″S153°02′25″E / 27.4664°S 153.0404°E / -27.4664; 153.0404 Coordinates: 27°27′59″S153°02′25″E / 27.4664°S 153.0404°E / -27.4664; 153.0404
Design period1870s–1890s (late 19th century)
Built1882–1883
Architect Andrea Giovanni Stombuco
Official name: Bertholme, Moreton Club
Typestate heritage (built)
Designated21 October 1992
Reference no.600263
Significant period1880s (fabric)
1880s-1890s (historical)
1958- (social)
Significant componentsgate – entrance, fence/wall – perimeter, residential accommodation – main house, basement / sub-floor
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Bertholme (Australia)

Bertholme is a heritage-listed detached house at 71-73 Moray Street, New Farm, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Andrea Giovanni Stombuco and built from 1882 to 1883. It is also known as the Moreton Club. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. [1]

New Farm, Queensland Suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

New Farm is a riverside inner suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The suburb is located 2 kilometres east of the Brisbane CBD on a large bend of the Brisbane River. New Farm is partly surrounded by the Brisbane River, with land access from the north-west through Fortitude Valley and from the north through Newstead. Merthyr is a neighbourhood within New Farm; until 1975 it was a separate suburb.

City of Brisbane Local government area in Queensland, Australia

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Queensland North-east state of Australia

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History

The land on which Bertholme stands was acquired in 1882 by Andrea Stombuco, the noted architect in Brisbane from 1875 to 1890-90, who also built Palma Rosa and designed Her Majesty's Opera House, Brisbane (1888). The house appears to have been erected sometime in the following three years, for it was standing when Stombuco sold the property in 1885 to Giovanni Pulle, an Italian merchant. [1]

Andrea Giovanni Stombuco (1820-1907) was an Italian-born Australian sculptor and architect. Many of the buildings he designed are listed on the heritage registers in Australia.

Brisbane capital city of Queensland, Australia

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".

Palma Rosa

Palma Rosa is a heritage-listed mansion at 9 Queens Road, Hamilton, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Andrea Stombuco and built from 1886 to 1887. It is also known as Palmerosa, Palmarosa, and Sans Souci. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.

Five months later, the property was bought by BD Cohen. He sold it in the 1890s to his brother Henry Cohen, manager of the pharmaceutical firm of Elliot Brothers, who named it Bertholme in honour of his wife, Bertha. After the Cohens left Bertholme at the turn of the century, the land was subdivided, while the house became the residence of a succession of professional men. Miss Jane Ingram bought the property in 1939, and converted it into a nursing home. In 1958, the Moreton Club acquired Bertholme and much of the subdivided land from the original estate. They have built extensive additions on the rear of the house and refurbished it to suit their requirements. [1]

Description

Bertholme is a substantial single-storey residence built of sandstone. Its hipped roof, originally slate, is now of corrugated iron. Square in shape, but with a bay projecting slightly at the front, the house is surrounded by a convex roofed verandah. [1]

Built on the sloping riverbank, the house is lowset at the front and highset at the rear, creating a subfloor underneath. The back and side verandahs have been enclosed with weatherboards and only the front verandah retains its original decorative cast-iron balusters, posts and valance. The subfloor has been similarly enclosed, and a highset kitchen house projecting over the driveway at the rear is walled in the same material. A long modern double storey wing at the rear is joined to the house by a shorter wing at the northern end, creating a paved courtyard. [1]

Driveway type of private road for local access to one or a small group of structures

A driveway is a type of private road for local access to one or a small group of structures, and is owned and maintained by an individual or group.

Courtyard enclosed area, often by a building, that is open to the sky

A courtyard or court is a circumscribed area, often surrounded by a building or complex, that is open to the sky. Such spaces in inns and public buildings were often the primary meeting places for some purposes, leading to the other meanings of court. Both of the words court and yard derive from the same root, meaning an enclosed space. See yard and garden for the relation of this set of words.

Heritage listing

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

The Queensland Heritage Register is a heritage register, a statutory list of places in Queensland, Australia that are protected by Queensland legislation, the Queensland Heritage Act 1992. The register is maintained by the Queensland Heritage Council.

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

As a rare surviving example of the type of riverside residences built in New Farm in the late nineteenth century. [1]

For its unpainted stone walls and decorative front fence which give the house a distinctive texture and an impression of strength. [1]

As the home of the Moreton Club, Brisbane's premier private club for women. [1]

For its association with Andrea Stombuco, the first owner and one of Brisbane's most flamboyant architects of the 1880s boom period. [1]

The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places.

As a rare surviving example of the type of riverside residences built in New Farm in the late nineteenth century. [1]

The place is important because of its aesthetic significance.

For its unpainted stone walls and decorative front fence which give the house a distinctive texture and an impression of strength. [1]

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

As the home of the Moreton Club, Brisbane's premier private club for women. [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.

As the home of the Moreton Club, Brisbane's premier private club for women. [1]

For its association with Andrea Stombuco, the first owner and one of Brisbane's most flamboyant architects of the 1880s boom period. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Bertholme (entry 600263)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

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CC-BY-icon-80x15.png 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).

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