Addresses
Type of place
Villa
Period
Federation 1890-1914
Style
Filigree
This is an image of the local heritage place known as Residence 'Linsdale'
Linsdale
Addresses
Type of place
Villa
Period
Federation 1890-1914
Style
Filigree
This late nineteenth century house is one of three identical houses built adjacent to each other following the transfer of the property from Paul Cole Atkinson to Mary Ann Willcocks, wife of George Charles Willcocks in 1890. Willcocks, a successful railway contractor, probably built these houses as rental investment properties to attract middle class tenants, exemplifying Brisbane’s late nineteenth century speculative housing development. He also built four identical houses in Moreton Street as rental investment properties in 1895. From 1900 the house was listed as ‘Linsdale’ for some years and by the 1920s was named ‘Irvine’, following the transfer of the property to George Henry Gough, a shipwright and his wife Margaret in 1919. This single-storey, masonry house was built in the Victorian Filigree style. It has a pyramid, corrugated-iron roof with detached, bull-nose verandah, decorative timber pediment over the front entrance and cast-iron balustrades.
Also known as
Irvine
Lot plan
L2_RP8733
Key dates
Local Heritage Place Since —
Date of Citation —
Construction
Roof: Corrugated iron;Walls: Masonry
Criterion for listing
(A) Historical; (E) AestheticInteractive mapping
Also known as
Irvine
Lot plan
L2_RP8733
Key dates
Local Heritage Place Since —
Date of Citation —
Construction
Roof: Corrugated iron;Walls: Masonry
Criterion for listing
(A) Historical; (E) AestheticInteractive 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, Surveyor’s Notebook, 18 Dec 1924
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Brisbane City Council, Sewerage Maps, Detail Plan No 168, 18 June 1925
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Brisbane City Council, New Farm and Teneriffe Hill Heritage and Character Study, Oct 1995, pg 90
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Certificates of Title, Department of Environment and Resource Management
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Queensland Post Office Directory, 1890-1897; 1900-1902; 1904-1908; 1910-11; 1914-1916; 1920-21; 1925-1928; 1933
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Queensland Electoral Rolls, Electoral District of Brisbane 1925, pg 38 [George Henry Gough, Merthyr Rd]
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Baker, R. G. ‘Proposed renovation of existing heritage place at 51 Merthyr Rd., New Farm’, Heritage Place Risk Smart Assessment, Heritage Unit, Brisbane City Council, 2008
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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 151-166
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Courier Mail 27-28 Oct 2007 [real estate advert]
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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 60-63
Citation prepared by — Brisbane City Council (page revised June 2022)