Addresses
Type of place
Villa
Period
Victorian 1860-1890
Style
Queenslander
This is an image of the local heritage place known as Residence 'Alroy'
Alroy
Addresses
Type of place
Villa
Period
Victorian 1860-1890
Style
Queenslander
‘Alroy’ was built in 1888 for Edward Nathan Marks, manager of the London Discount and Mortgage Bank. The house was designed by John Hall & Son, (probably Francis Hall, eldest son of the late John Richard Hall). It was built on one of the Bowen Terrace Estate allotments, auctioned on 1 May 1888. In 1891 ‘Alroy’ was advertised as a ‘well-finished villa’ comprising seven rooms, kitchen, servant’s room, pantry, stables and coachhouse. Marks sold the property during the 1890s financial crisis to Miss Eliza Roebuck in 1892 who lived here with her sister. The house was later converted into rental flats to cater for New Farm’s population increase and housing shortage in the interwar years. Features of this low-rise, single-storey timber residence include the kitchen house at the rear and the broad corrugated iron roof to the edge of the verandahs. Early plans show bay windows on either side of the front entrance but they may no longer be intact as the verandahs were enclosed at a later date.
Also known as
Alroy Flats
Lot plan
L118_RP69444
Key dates
Local Heritage Place Since —
Date of Citation —
Construction
Roof: Corrugated iron;Walls: Timber
People/associations
Francis Richard Hall (Architect)Criterion for listing
(A) Historical; (H) Historical associationInteractive mapping
Also known as
Alroy Flats
Lot plan
L118_RP69444
Key dates
Local Heritage Place Since —
Date of Citation —
Construction
Roof: Corrugated iron;Walls: Timber
People/associations
Francis Richard Hall (Architect)Criterion for listing
(A) Historical; (H) Historical associationInteractive 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:
References
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Brisbane City Council Properties on the Web
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Brisbane City Council, 1946 aerial photographs.
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Brisbane City Council, Sewerage Maps, Detail Plan 167, 3 Dec 1913
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Brisbane City Council, Surveyor’s Notebook, 6 July 1912 [black pen and identified as a wooden house]; updated 7 Feb 1924 [green pen]
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Brisbane City Council, New Farm and Teneriffe Hill Heritage and Character Study, Oct 1995, pg 71
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Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland Certificates of Title.
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Queensland Post Office Directory, 1895-96; 1922; 1930-31; 1936; 1939
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Australian Electoral Rolls, Division of Brisbane, Subdivision of Fortitude Valley, 1903; 1913
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Bennett, H, ‘New Farm from quality street to mixed assortment’, Brisbane Houses, Gardens, Suburbs and Congregations, Papers No 22 Brisbane History Group, 2010 pg 166-168
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Benjamin, G. & Grant, G. Reflections on New Farm, New Farm & Districts Historical Society Inc, New Farm, 2008, pg 39
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Watson, D. and McKay, K, Queensland Architects of the 19th Century, University of Queensland Library, St. Lucia, 1994, pg 86-90
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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 110
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Brisbane Courier, 1 May 1888, pg 8
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Brisbane Courier, 29 Aug 1888, pg 1
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Brisbane Courier, 24 Jan 1889, pg 2; 6 June 1889, pg 2
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Brisbane Courier, 4 Dec 1891, pg 2
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Brisbane Courier, 10 Aug 1892, pg 2
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Brisbane Courier, 24 Oct 1922
Citation prepared by — Brisbane City Council (page revised June 2022)