Addresses
Type of place
Flat building
Period
Interwar 1919-1939
Style
Composite
This is an image of the local heritage place known as Flats 'Casa del Rio'
Casa del Rio
Addresses
Type of place
Flat building
Period
Interwar 1919-1939
Style
Composite
‘Casa del Rio’ was built in 1933 and is on the Register of the National Estate. The block of flats was financed by property developer, Harry Crouch and located on the site of the ‘Ravenswood’ estate, a large property, extending from Moray Street to Bowen Terrace.The new flats were built during the interwar building boom to cater to the growing demand in New Farm for rental accommodation that included a range of modern conveniences, close to public transport and the city as tenants embraced the concept of modernity. Many blocks of flats were built on residential estates that had been subdivided because of rising living costs. The complex was one of three 1930s blocks of flats that were constructed on the ‘Ravenswood’ estate which also included ‘Casa del Mar’ and ‘Ravenswood’.
Lot plan
Key dates
Local Heritage Place Since —
Date of Citation —
Construction
Roof: Tile;Walls: Face brick
Criterion for listing
(A) Historical; (B) Rarity; (D) RepresentativeInteractive mapping
Lot plan
Key dates
Local Heritage Place Since —
Date of Citation —
Construction
Roof: Tile;Walls: Face brick
Criterion for listing
(A) Historical; (B) Rarity; (D) RepresentativeInteractive mapping
Description
This striking three-storey, brick building features curved balconies with wrought iron balustrades, tiled window hoods over stained-glass windows, brick banding and brick quoins at the lower level with the upper part of the building in roughcast render. Along with the adjacent Casa del Mar, it makes a valuable contribution to the visual appeal of Moray Street.
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 No 161, 5 Aug 1937 [updated plan did not include blocks of flats at 32, 40, 44 Moray Street and 313 Bowen Terrace built in the early 1930s]
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risbane City Council, Surveyor’s Notebook, Moray St, 21 Nov 1924
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Brisbane City Council, New Farm and Teneriffe Hill Heritage and Character Study, Oct 1995.
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Certificates of Title, Department of Environment and Resource Management
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Department of Environment and Resource Management, ‘Julius Street Flats’, Queensland Heritage Register entry
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‘Casa del Rio’, Australian Heritage Places Inventory, Register of the National Estate.
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Queensland Post Office Directory, 1936; 1938; 1939; 1940
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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 151-175
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Gardner, F, Field Survey Notes, 2002
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Watson, Donald and Judith McKay. A Directory of Queensland Architects to 1940. (St. Lucia: U of Q Press, 1984)
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ABJQ, 10 March 1930, pg 38
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Courier Mail, 28 July 1933, pg 3
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Brisbane Courier, 14 Oct 1930, pg 3
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Courier Mail, 14 July 1934, pg 4
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Apperly, Richard, Robert Irving and Peter Reynolds. A Pictorial Guide to Identifying Australian Architecture: Styles and Terms from 1788 to the Present. North Ryde: Angus & Robertson, 1989
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Kennedy, Michael Owen. ‘Domestic Architecture in Queensland Between the Wars’, Master of the Built Environment (Building Conservation) thesis, University of New South Wales, 1989
Citation prepared by — Brisbane City Council (page revised June 2022)