Warrawee, Brisbane

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Warrawee

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Residence in 2014
Location 10 Dean Street, Toowong, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates 27°29′02″S152°58′56″E / 27.484°S 152.9821°E / -27.484; 152.9821 Coordinates: 27°29′02″S152°58′56″E / 27.484°S 152.9821°E / -27.484; 152.9821
Design period 1870s - 1890s (late 19th century)
Builtc.1885 -
Built for Albert Henry White
Official name: Warrawee
Type state heritage (landscape, built)
Designated 21 October 1992
Reference no. 600332
Significant period 1880s (fabric, historical)
Significant components residential accommodation - main house, staircase/stairs - divided, basement / sub-floor, garden/grounds, ballroom
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Warrawee, Brisbane (Australia)

Warrawee is a heritage-listed detached house at 10 Dean Street, Toowong, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from c.1885 onwards. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. [1]

City of Brisbane Local government area in Queensland, Australia

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Queensland North-east state of Australia

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History

Warrawee is believed to have been built in the mid 1880s, for Albert Henry White, owner of the three acre site. E. John White, manager of the New Zealand Accident Insurance Company, was then in residence. In late 1886 the property was purchased by Alexander John Hunter, who does not appear as a resident until the 1892-93 directory, though a James Hunter is listed for 1891 and 1892. Apparently the property was rented during much of its lifetime. In 1924 John Mullan, a union organiser and politician, purchased the house on 2 roods 34.3 perches. The present owners purchased the property in 1986. [1]

John Mullan (Australian politician) Australian politician

John Mullan was an Irish-born Australian politician.

Description

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Entrance, 2014
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Surrounding gardens, 2014

Warrawee is a vernacular style residence, with a most impressive facade and a full sub-floor. The twelve foot wide verandahs have elegant cast-iron balustrading, and brackets and are lined underneath with ripple iron. The verandah portico with its intricate fretwork pediment, groups of columns, landing, gates and iron lace is quite spectacular, complemented by the twin curved stairs with their Scottish thistles in cast-iron panels. [1]

Facade exterior side of a building, usually the front but not always

A facade is generally one exterior side of a building, usually the front. It is a foreign loan word from the French façade, which means "frontage" or "face".

Bracket (architecture) architectural element

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.

Portico Type of porch

A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cultures, including most Western cultures.

The front verandah is supported by emphatic brick piers with elaborate capitals. Upstairs originally comprised a central hallway with two rooms on the left and three on the right, and a kitchen incorporated at the rear. The upstairs windows are all of the step-out sash type, and doors are of panelled cedar. The fanlights are casements with opaque, diamond pattern glass, though grooves suggest the former presence of fretwork panels. [1]

The inside walls are lined internally with vertical joint boards and externally with chamferboards which are believed to have been milled locally at Pattersons, Toowong. Downstairs the unlined room on the left of the central corridor, which ran the length of the house, was reputedly the "ballroom". The righthand side originally comprised three rooms. Downstairs windows are all sashes, some being multi-paned. [1]

Heritage listing

Warrawee 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.

During the boom of the 1880s, displays of wealth were common especially in the ornamental facades of public and commercial buildings. Warrawee is a more unusual domestic example of this phenomenon, particularly of the aspiring bourgeoisie. [1]

Warrawee's grand display of columns, steps and cast-iron has long been admired by the local community. [1]

This cakework facade has had an exceptional impact on the public mind, having been portrayed in various publication, prints, tours and media presentations. [1]

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

During the boom of the 1880s, displays of wealth were common especially in the ornamental facades of public and commercial buildings. Warrawee is a more unusual domestic example of this phenomenon, particularly of the aspiring bourgeoisie. [1]

The place is important because of its aesthetic significance.

Warrawee's grand display of columns, steps and cast-iron has long been admired by the local community. [1]

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

This cakework facade has had an exceptional impact on the public mind, having been portrayed in various publication, prints, tours and media presentations. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Warrawee (entry 600332)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

Attribution

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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