Rainworth House, Bardon

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Rainworth House, Bardon
Rainworth (2009).jpg
Rainworth House, 2009
Location7 Barton Street, Bardon, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates27°28′00″S 152°59′23″E / 27.4667°S 152.9898°E / -27.4667; 152.9898Coordinates: 27°28′00″S 152°59′23″E / 27.4667°S 152.9898°E / -27.4667; 152.9898
Design period1840s - 1860s (mid-19th century)
Builtc. 1862
Built forAugustus Charles Gregory
ArchitectAugustus Charles Gregory
Official nameRainworth
Typestate heritage (built)
Designated21 October 1992
Reference no.600282
Significant period1860s (fabric)
1860s-1905 (historical)
Significant componentsresidential accommodation - main house
BuildersAugustus Charles Gregory
Rainworth House, Bardon is located in Queensland
Rainworth House, Bardon
Location of Rainworth House, Bardon in Queensland

Rainworth is a heritage-listed detached house at 7 Barton Street, Bardon, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built c. 1862. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.[1] The house gives its name to the former suburb of Rainworth (now a locality within Bardon).[2]

History[]

Early view of Rainworth homestead and outbuildings, circa 1875

Sir Augustus Charles Gregory KCMG CMG FRGS MLC, famed explorer, and surveyor-general of Queensland from 1859 to 1879, built and lived in Rainworth House from 1862 until his death in 1905. He reputedly constructed the dwelling himself. Gregory was a dominant, conservative Member of the Queensland Legislative Council.[1]

Sir Augustus Gregory

He was also a vital personality in Toowong Town Council, a leading Queensland freemason and an influential amateur scientist. Rainworth House was his rural retreat, his homestead, the place where he could think, invent, create and write.[1]

Unlike Gregory, the subsequent owner, Robert Philp, merchant and politician, rented the property, as did ensuing owners. Subdivision of Gregory's country estate necessitated shifting the house to a more accommodating position. In 1949 it was rented and later purchased by Frederick and Mildred Howell, whose descendants occupy the premises.[1]

Description[]

Rainworth, residence of Sir Augustus Charles Gregory, Bardon, circa 1885

Rainworth is a vernacular, short-ridge roofed house with stepped but straight-roofed verandahs on three sides. The front elevation shows three pairs of French doors, and one on the lefthand side. Early photographs indicate that the rear of each side verandah had been built to form an enclosed pavilion.[1]

Most exterior walls are of twelve inch chamfer-boards, while interior walls are lined horizontally with beaded tongue and groove boards, as are the high ceilings. For ventilation purposes, casement windows with small wooden knobs may be opened above the French doors.[1]

Heritage listing[]

Rainworth was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria.[1]

The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history.

Rainworth is a scarce example of a vernacular 1860s dwelling of the steeply pitched short-ridge roof variety. In this case it was built as a farmhouse but is now part of suburban Brisbane.[1]

Rainworth is most important because of its long and personal connection with Sir A.C. Gregory. It still bears the stamp of Gregory the practical bushman rather than the prominent public figure. His standing is recognised in such placenames as Gregory Street, Toowong and Gregory Park, Milton, not to mention the locality of Rainworth itself.[1]

The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places.

Rainworth is a scarce example of a vernacular 1860s dwelling of the steeply pitched short-ridge roof variety. In this case it was built as a farmhouse but is now part of suburban Brisbane.[1]

The place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland's history.

Rainworth is most important because of its long and personal connection with Sir A.C. Gregory. It still bears the stamp of Gregory the practical bushman rather than the prominent public figure. His standing is recognised in such placenames as Gregory Street, Toowong and Gregory Park, Milton, not to mention the locality of Rainworth itself.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Rainworth (entry 600282)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Rainworth (entry 27941)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2014.

Attribution[]

CC-BY-icon-80x15.png This Wikipedia article was originally based on "The Queensland heritage register" published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 7 July 2014, archived on 8 October 2014). The geo-coordinates were originally computed from the "Queensland heritage register boundaries" published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 5 September 2014, archived on 15 October 2014).

External links[]

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