Addresses
Type of place
Shop/s
Period
Interwar 1919-1939
Style
Art Deco
This is an image of the local heritage place known as Shops
Shops
Addresses
Type of place
Shop/s
Period
Interwar 1919-1939
Style
Art Deco
This single storey Interwar Art Deco block of shops was constructed circa 1936 for Percival Henry Bishop. The shops are an integral part of the Albion shopping precinct which retains examples of the principal phase of commercial development during the 1880s and early 1890s, and the revitalisation that took place during the 1920s and 1930s. Numerous shops have occupied the building since the 1930s including a hairdresser, grocery store, dressmaker, fish shop and pharmacy.
Lot plan
L1_RP51500
Key dates
Local Heritage Place Since —
Date of Citation —
Criterion for listing
(A) Historical; (D) RepresentativeInteractive mapping
Lot plan
L1_RP51500
Key dates
Local Heritage Place Since —
Date of Citation —
Criterion for listing
(A) Historical; (D) RepresentativeInteractive mapping
History
This single storey block of shops on the corner of Sandgate and Albion Roads dates from circa 1936, however, a general store also appears to have operated on this site from 1865 until 1935. The 24 perch block was sold in 1865 to Henry Wheeler of Breakfast Creek who erected the first general store at Albion. The opening of this store closely followed the building of the original Albion Hotel on the opposite corner of Albion Road in 1864. The original building continued to be used as a grocery and general merchandise store until it was replaced circa 1935.
By the late 1880s and early 1890s Albion was one of a number of prosperous suburban centres that had arisen in response to the expansion of Brisbane from its former small core. In the 1920s and 1930s Albion experienced another growth period as the surrounding suburbs and those to the north expanded. Urban improvements were proceeding apace and in 1927-28 the Abbotsford Road Bridge at the Albion Fiveways was constructed to accommodate the increased road traffic arising from the suburban expansion to the north. The interwar years also saw the expansion or renovation of many of the commercial buildings in Albion, and the construction of a number of new blocks housing multiple shops.
This trend included 282 Sandgate Road which was purchased by Percival Henry Bishop in 1935. In the same year 2 3/10 perches were excised for road widening purposes, presumably to accommodate the increased traffic flow in the area. A new building was erected on the site around this time, probably in conjunction with the road widening. In 1938 the new tenants included a hairdresser, dressmaker, grocer, fish shop and a Bank of New South Wales branch. Various businesses leased the building post-World War II.
Ownership of the building has changed hands only a few times since 1935. Since 1968, the Albion Day and Night Pharmacy has occupied part of the site and the SGIO Building Society leased part of the ground floor for a number of years from 1979. The building remains a substantially intact example of an interwar retail premises and has functioned continuously as such for more than seventy years.
Description
This single storey, Inter-War Art Deco corner shop with its symmetry and simple geometric lines takes advantage of its prominent position on the corner of Sandgate and Albion Roads at Albion. The parapet has a single-stepped skyline and a simple vertical fin-like ornamentation. A suspended awning with a pressed metal ceiling surrounds the building.
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 Building Registers & Building Cards
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BCC Heritage Unit 1997, Clayfield/Wooloowin Character and Heritage Study, Brisbane, Brisbane City Council
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Brisbane City Council Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, Detail Plans
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Kerr, John 1988, Brunswick Street, Bowen Hills and Beyond: The Railways of the Northern Suburbs of Brisbane, Australian Railway Historical Society
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Lawson, Ronald 1973, Brisbane in the 1890s: A Study of an Australian Urban Society, University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia
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McKellar’s Estate Maps of Brisbane, 1895
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Certificates of Title, Department of Natural Resources and Water
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Queensland Post Office Directories, 1868-1949
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Telegraph, 17 February 1968
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Telegraph, 1 March 1969
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The Courier-Mail, 1929
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Watson, Donald & Judith McKay 1994, Queensland Architects of the 19th Century, University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia
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Windsor & Districts Historical Society 2000, A Walk Through the History of Thorroldtown and Maida Hill
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Windsor & Districts Historical Society 2000, A Walk Through the History of Thorroldtown
Citation prepared by — Brisbane City Council (page revised September 2020)