Addresses

At 17 Young Street, Annerley, Queensland 4051

Type of place

House

Period

Federation 1890-1914

Style

Italianate

17 Young Street, Annerley

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17 Young Street, Annerley

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Addresses

At 17 Young Street, Annerley, Queensland 4051

Type of place

House

Period

Federation 1890-1914

Style

Italianate

The block on which this house stands was originally part of the St Kilda Estate, first offered in the 1860s and with sales continuing at least until the early 1900s. This unusual masonry middle class house with two-storey tower and parapet was built in 1899 or 1900 for Henry Sawyer and his wife Charlotte Isabel Sawyer. Sawyer was Deputy Shipping Master at the time, and rose to Government Shipping Master in 1902. While Annerley was a comparatively slow-developing suburb with many allotments remaining vacant up to the interwar period, the availability of an electrified tram service to Brisbane along Ipswich Road allowed professionals like Sawyer to readily commute between their homes and workplaces, prompting them to consider establishing homes in the area. In Sawyer's case the tram line ran conveniently past the bottom of Young Street and had been newly electrified at the time he built his house.

Lot plan

L5_RP74736

Key dates

Local Heritage Place Since —

Date of Citation —

Construction

Roof: Corrugated iron;
 Walls: Brick - Painted

Criterion for listing

(A) Historical; (B) Rarity

Interactive mapping

City Plan Interactive Mapping

Lot plan

L5_RP74736

Key dates

Local Heritage Place Since —

Date of Citation —

Construction

Roof: Corrugated iron;
 Walls: Brick - Painted

Criterion for listing

(A) Historical; (B) Rarity

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 it is a masonry, middle class house built by a Brisbane professional in a locale where easy access to the city had been provided by the electrification of the tram line.

Rarity

Criterion B

The place demonstrates rare, uncommon or endangered aspects of the city’s or local area’s cultural heritage

for its unusual design which includes a striking two-story tower with parapet.

References

  1. Brisbane City Council Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, Detail Plans

  2. Brisbane Courier, Thursday 19 February 1920, p. 9

  3. Brisbane Courier, Wednesday 22 December 1920, p. 11

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

  5. Queensland Post Office Directories, 1887-1949

  6. Ramsay, Ken, 'Urban Development and Houses in Annerley', in John Kerr (ed.) The Annals of Annerley - proceedings of the Annerley conference 17 July 1994, 1997, p54-56

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

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Federation 1890-1914
Italianate
House
At 17 Young Street, Annerley, Queensland 4051
At 17 Young Street, Annerley, Queensland 4051 L5_RP74736
Historical, Rarity