Addresses
Type of place
Duplex
Period
Interwar 1919-1939
Style
Composite
This is an image of the local heritage place known as Duplex
28 Llewellyn Street, New Farm
Addresses
Type of place
Duplex
Period
Interwar 1919-1939
Style
Composite
28 Llewellyn Street was built in c1939 for James Donald MacDonald, an Oxlade Drive building contractor. The construction of the semi-detached complex followed the 1936 subdivision of the ‘Merthyr’ estate, once the home of Sir Samuel Griffiths, former chief justice and premier of Queensland. The semi-detached complex was built just after New Farm’s interwar building boom when remaining blocks of land on subdivided residential estates were being redeveloped because of rising living costs and the demand for inner-city accommodation.The single-storey, asymmetrical brick and stucco building, features a composite of the Interwar bungalow and Mediterranean styles, stylistic elements of middle-class housing of the period. It is distinctive for its streamlined design, reflected in the semi-circular front entrance, verandah wings and brick fence.
Lot plan
L3_RP52739
Key dates
Local Heritage Place Since —
Date of Citation —
Construction
Roof: Terracotta tile;Walls: Face brick
Criterion for listing
(A) Historical; (B) Rarity; (D) RepresentativeInteractive mapping
Lot plan
L3_RP52739
Key dates
Local Heritage Place Since —
Date of Citation —
Construction
Roof: Terracotta tile;Walls: Face brick
Criterion for listing
(A) Historical; (B) Rarity; (D) RepresentativeInteractive 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, 9 Feb 1925
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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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Australian Electoral Rolls, Subdivision Merthyr, 1936, 1937
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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.
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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
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Courier Mail, 23 March 1936, pg 17
Citation prepared by — Brisbane City Council (page revised June 2022)