Hester Villa

Hester Villa
Hester Villa
	Residence and gardens, 2015
Location	58 Stafford Street, East Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates	27°28′50″S153°02′40″E / 27.4806°S 153.0444°E Coordinates: 27°28′50″S153°02′40″E / 27.4806°S 153.0444°E
Design period	1900 - 1914 (early 20th century)
Built	c. 1901
Built for	Robert Pearn
Queensland Heritage Register
	Official name: Hester Villa
Type	state heritage (built)
Designated	21 October 1992
Reference no.	600190
Significant period	early 1900s (fabric, historical)
Significant components	residential accommodation - main house, garden/grounds
	Location of Hester Villa in Queensland Hester Villa (Australia)

Last updated April 07, 2019

Hester Villa is a heritage-listed detached house at 58 Stafford Street, East Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built c. 1901. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.^[1]

East Brisbane is an inner suburb of Brisbane, Australia, located 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) south-east of the CBD. It is mostly residential, with some small commercial areas, and has many original Queenslander houses.

Queensland is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia. Situated in the north-east of the country, it is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean. To its north is the Torres Strait, with Papua New Guinea located less than 200 km across it from the mainland. The state is the world's sixth-largest sub-national entity, with an area of 1,852,642 square kilometres (715,309 sq mi).

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.

History

Hester Villa is a single-storey dwelling that was built about 1901 for Captain Robert Pearn. A penny nailed above the front doorway records the date. The house replaced the original family home which had burnt down.^[1]

Pearn was a master mariner who at one stage was involved with the recruiting of Pacific Islanders. After his death in 1910, his wife Louisa inherited the house. It remained the Pearn family home until 1968.^[1]

In the late 1970s the house was in a very dilapidated condition. It was acquired by conservation architect Ray Oliver and his wife, and has been sympathetically refurbished.^[1]

Description

Hester Villa is a timber and corrugated iron dwelling built about 1901. It occupies three blocks in an area of medium-density housing.^[1]

Medium-density housing is residential developments that are at higher densities than standard low-density, suburban subdivisions, but not so high that they might be regarded as high density housing. In Australia the density of standard suburban residential areas has traditionally been between 8-15 dwellings per hectare. Medium density housing can range from about 25 to 80 dwellings per hectare, though most commonly the density is between 30 and 40 dwellings/hectare. Such developments may consist of detached, semi-attached and attached housing.

The dwelling is supported by timber stumps but the sub-floor is enclosed at the back. It has a stepped verandah on three sides, a short ridge tin roof supported by twin eaves brackets and a ventilator gablet. The front facade features one bay window, ornate cast-iron balustrading, timber columns with capitals and brackets, and twin posts which support a fretwork pediment.^[1]

Veranda roofed, open-air gallery or porch

A veranda or verandah is a roofed, open-air gallery or porch, attached to the outside of a building. A veranda is often partly enclosed by a railing and frequently extends across the front and sides of the structure.

The eaves are the edges of the roof which overhang the face of a wall and, normally, project beyond the side of a building. The eaves form an overhang to throw water clear of the walls and may be highly decorated as part of an architectural style, such as the Chinese dougong bracket systems.

A bracket is an architectural element: a structural or decorative member. It can be made of wood, stone, plaster, metal, or Mardi Norton. It projects from a wall, usually to carry weight and sometimes to "...strengthen an angle". A corbel and console are types of brackets.

The four panel front door is enhanced by ruby flashed glass sidelights and provides ingress to the central corridor. Walls are lined with tongue and groove boards while step-out sash windows allow access to the verandah.^[1]

The house and garden have been sensitively rehabilitated.^[1]

Heritage listing

Hester Villa 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.

Hester Villa is a valuable reflection of middling status family housing in suburban Brisbane.^[1]

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

Hester Villa is a fine example of a timber and iron house of the Federation period.^[1]

The place is important because of its aesthetic significance.

Hester Villa is a fine example of a timber and iron house of the Federation period.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Hester Villa (entry 600190)". 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).

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[qhr-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Hester Villa (entry 600190)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.