Addresses

At 569 Brunswick Street, New farm, Queensland 4005

Type of place

Hotel (pub)

Period

Victorian 1860-1890

Style

Filigree

Brunswick Hotel

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Brunswick Hotel

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Addresses

At 569 Brunswick Street, New farm, Queensland 4005

Type of place

Hotel (pub)

Period

Victorian 1860-1890

Style

Filigree

The Brunswick Hotel designed by architect George William Campbell-Wilson was built in 1889, replacing an earlier hotel on the site. It was built for William Hill Robertson, a long-term owner of the property, who died on 22 February 1922. Campbell-Wilson also designed the 1887-88 Royal Hotel, Nundah and in 1881 the Crown Hotel Lutwyche. The two-storey Brunswick Hotel, typical of the corner hotels erected during the flamboyant 1880s boom period, reflects the Victorian Filigree style. The building has a truncated corner to take advantage of its corner position and incorporates the main entry with the hotel’s name and date in raised lettering on the pediment. Other features include the decorative parapet, cantilevered balcony with curved verandah, cast iron columns, and columns as well as the pilasters with Corinthian capitals flanking arched entries. Though there were extensive alterations and additions to the hotel in 1957, the building’s original style has been maintained.

Lot plan

L1_RP153223

Key dates

Local Heritage Place Since —

Date of Citation —

Construction

Roof: Corrugated iron;
 Walls: Masonry

People/associations

George William Campbell-Wilson (Architect)

Criterion for listing

(A) Historical; (D) Representative; (E) Aesthetic

Interactive mapping

City Plan Interactive Mapping

Lot plan

L1_RP153223

Key dates

Local Heritage Place Since —

Date of Citation —

Construction

Roof: Corrugated iron;
 Walls: Masonry

People/associations

George William Campbell-Wilson (Architect)

Criterion for listing

(A) Historical; (D) Representative; (E) Aesthetic

Interactive mapping

City Plan Interactive Mapping

Statement of significance

Relevant assessment criteria

This is a place of local heritage significance and meets one or more of the local heritage criteria under the Heritage planning scheme policy of the Brisbane City Plan 2014. It is significant because:

Historical

Criterion A

The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of the city's or local area’s history

as one of a number of 1880s hotels in the New Farm/Fortitude Valley vicinity that contribute to the historic character of the area; and as it provides evidence of the commercial development that developed along Brunswick Street, New Farm's main transport artery.

Representative

Criterion D

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

as an excellent example of an ornate 1880s masonry hotel on a corner site.

Aesthetic

Criterion E

The place is important because of its aesthetic significance

for its landmark qualities demonstrated by its ornate design, reflecting the flamboyant style of the era, which takes advantage of the prominent corner site.

References

  1. Brisbane City Council Properties on the Web

  2. Brisbane City Council, 1946 aerial photographs.

  3. Brisbane City Council, Surveyor’s Notebook, 6 Nov 1912, updated 18 Nov 1924 [in green]

  4. Brisbane City Council, Sewerage Maps, Detail Plan No 161

  5. Brisbane City Council, New Farm and Teneriffe Hill Heritage and Character Study, Oct 1995, pg 82

  6. Certificates of Title, Department of Environment and Resource Management

  7. Australian Electoral Rolls, Brisbane Division, Fortitude Valley, 1903 pg 108; 1905 pg 96; 1908 pg 146, William Hill Robertson, Arthur St, Teneriffe

  8. Australian Death Index, William Hill Robertson, 20 Feb 1922

  9. Bennett, H, ‘New Farm from quality street to mixed assortment’, Brisbane Houses, Gardens, Suburbs and Congregations, Papers No 22 Brisbane History Group, 2010 pg 152

  10. Schiavo, J. New Farm: A study of land use and settlement to 1999, pg 29-31

  11. Benjamin, G. & Grant, G. Reflections on New Farm, New Farm & Districts Historical Society Inc, New Farm, 2008, pg 57

  12. Watson, D. and McKay, K., Queensland Architects of the 19th Century, University of Queensland Library, St. Lucia, 1994, pg 211

  13. Apperly, R. Irving, R. Reynolds R, A Pictorial Guide to Identifying Australian Architecture: Styles and Terms from 1788 to the Present, Angus & Robertson, 1989, pg 108-111

  14. Donnelly, J.J Hotels of Brisbane. (Unpub Thesis)

  15. Brisbane City Council, New Farm Heritage Trail, Series No 3, 1st ed, April 1990

  16. S.W. Jack’s Cutting Book No 38, pg 28-29 [lists licensees for the Brunswich Hotel from 1876]

  17. Brisbane Courier, 5 April 1888, pg 3 [renewal of license granted, William H Robinson, Brunswick Hotel]

  18. Brisbane Courier, 4 April 1889, pg 3 [renewal of license granted, William H Robinson, Brunswick Hotel]

  19. Brisbane Courier, 3 Jan 1890, pg 3

  20. Brisbane Courier, 22 Feb 1922, pg 4 [funeral notice of William Hill Robertson]

Citation prepared by — Brisbane City Council (page revised June 2022)

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Victorian 1860-1890
Filigree
Hotel (pub)
At 569 Brunswick Street, New farm, Queensland 4005
At 569 Brunswick Street, New farm, Queensland 4005 L1_RP153223
Historical, Representative, Aesthetic