Wanda Walha

Wanda Walha
Wanda Walha
Location	15 Gray Road, West End, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates	27°29′16″S153°00′05″E / 27.4879°S 153.0013°E Coordinates: 27°29′16″S153°00′05″E / 27.4879°S 153.0013°E
Design period	1870s - 1890s (late 19th century)
Built	1886
Queensland Heritage Register
	Official name: Wanda Walha
Type	state heritage (built)
Designated	21 October 1992
Reference no.	600228
Significant period	1880s (fabric, historical)
Significant components	residential accommodation - main house
	Location of Wanda Walha in Queensland Wanda Walha (Australia)

Last updated April 22, 2019

Wanda Walha is a heritage-listed detached house at 15 Gray Road, West End, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1886. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.^[1]

West End is an inner-city suburb of southern Brisbane. At the 2016 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 9,474.

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

Wanda Walha was built in 1886 for successful merchant William Alexander Wilson. It was probably designed by his neighbour, the architect Arthur Morry.^[1]

Arthur Morry was an English architect. In 1884 he emigrated to Australia where he became a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Originally a grocer, Wilson was also a partner in the neighbouring West End Sawmill & Steam Joinery Co Ltd. This may explain the choice of timber as the material for Wanda Walha. He also built a number of other timber houses on his five-acre (2 hectare) property, for rental. From the early 1890s he also rented Wanda Walha.^[1]

In 1906 Wanda Walha became the home of Robert Scott, an accountant, who bought the house from Wilson in 1914. It remained in the Scott family until 1978 during which time it was converted into flats. During the early 1980s the house was refurbished and returned to its use as a family home.^[1]

Description

Wanda Walha is a large two-storeyed timber residence with a double-storeyed front verandah.^[1]

The hipped corrugated iron roof features a projecting gable on the left side at the front. The verandah has cast iron posts and balusters. The wide decoratively notched valance on the lower level is in timber. A gabled frontispiece projects from the verandah at the centre.^[1]

Gable Generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches

A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system used, which reflects climate, material availability, and aesthetic concerns. A gable wall or gable end more commonly refers to the entire wall, including the gable and the wall below it.

A baluster—also called spindle—is a moulded shaft, square or of lathe-turned form, cut from a rectangular or square plank, one of various forms of spindle in woodwork, made of stone or wood, and sometimes of metal or plastic, standing on a unifying footing, and supporting the coping of a parapet or the handrail of a staircase.

Sash windows with timber hoods feature along the side elevations and there is an upstairs verandah at the rear.^[1]

A central hallway runs the length of the house with drawing and dining rooms, separated by cedar folding doors, on the right. A sitting room, study and a bedroom are on the left. The kitchen wing at the rear has been relocated at right angles to its original position. Upstairs are a further six bedrooms. The interior is austerely finished.^[1]

Although most of the house is original, much of the verandah decoration and the central staircase were removed in the conversion to flats. These have been replaced with copies of the originals.^[1]

Heritage listing

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

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

Wanda Walha is significant as an example of an imposing timber house built on the southside for a successful businessman.^[1]

Wanda Walha is significant as a timber variation of a style usually associated with brick residences built during the 1880s boom.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Wanda Walha (entry 600228)". 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 "Wanda Walha (entry 600228)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.