Bertholme is a heritage-listed

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at 71-73 Moray Street,

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, Australia. It was designed by Andrea Giovanni Stombuco and built from 1882 to 1883. It is also known as the Moreton Club. It was added to the

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on 21 October 1992.

History

The land on which Bertholme stands was acquired in 1882 by

Andrea Stombuco Andrea Giovanni Stombuco (1820-1907) was an Italian-born Australian sculptor and architect. Many of the buildings he designed are listed on the heritage registers in Australia. Early life Andrea Stombuco travelled widely and was involved in vari ...

, the noted architect in

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from 1875 to 1890-90, who also built

Palma Rosa Palma Rosa is a heritage-listed mansion at 9 Queens Road, Hamilton, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Andrea Stombuco and built from 1886 to 1887. It is also known as Palmerosa, Palmarosa, and Sans Souci. It was add ...

and designed Her Majesty's Opera House, Brisbane (1888). The house appears to have been erected sometime in the following three years, for it was standing when Stombuco sold the property in 1885 to Giovanni Pulle, an Italian merchant. Five months later, the property was bought by BD Cohen. He sold it in the 1890s to his brother Henry Cohen, manager of the pharmaceutical firm of Elliot Brothers, who named it Bertholme in honour of his wife, Bertha. After the Cohens left Bertholme at the turn of the century, the land was subdivided, while the house became the residence of a succession of professional men. Miss Jane Ingram bought the property in 1939, and converted it into a nursing home. In 1958, the Moreton Club acquired Bertholme and much of the subdivided land from the original estate. They have built extensive additions on the rear of the house and refurbished it to suit their requirements.

Description

Bertholme is a substantial single-storey residence built of sandstone. Its hipped roof, originally slate, is now of corrugated iron. Square in shape, but with a bay projecting slightly at the front, the house is surrounded by a convex roofed verandah. Built on the sloping riverbank, the house is lowset at the front and highset at the rear, creating a subfloor underneath. The back and side verandahs have been enclosed with weatherboards and only the front verandah retains its original decorative cast-iron balusters, posts and valance. The subfloor has been similarly enclosed, and a highset kitchen house projecting over the

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at the rear is walled in the same material. A long modern double storey wing at the rear is joined to the house by a shorter wing at the northern end, creating a paved

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Heritage listing

Bertholme was listed on the

on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria. The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history. As a rare surviving example of the type of riverside residences built in New Farm in the late nineteenth century. For its unpainted stone walls and decorative front fence which give the house a distinctive texture and an impression of strength. As the home of the Moreton Club, Brisbane's premier private club for women. For its association with Andrea Stombuco, the first owner and one of Brisbane's most flamboyant architects of the 1880s boom period. The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places. As a rare surviving example of the type of riverside residences built in New Farm in the late nineteenth century. The place is important because of its aesthetic significance. For its unpainted stone walls and decorative front fence which give the house a distinctive texture and an impression of strength. The place has a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons. As the home of the Moreton Club, Brisbane's premier private club for women. The place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland's history. As the home of the Moreton Club, Brisbane's premier private club for women. For its association with Andrea Stombuco, the first owner and one of Brisbane's most flamboyant architects of the 1880s boom period.

References

Attribution

External links

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The Queenslander ''The Queenslander'' was the weekly summary and literary edition of the '' Brisbane Courier'', the leading journal in the colony—and later, federal state—of Queensland since the 1850s. ''The Queenslander'' was launched by the Brisbane New ...

, date=4 December 1930 , accessdate=19 January 2015 , page=46 , via=National Library of Australia — 1930 newspaper article about Bertholme by

Florence Eliza Lord Florence Eliza Lord (1879–1942) was a journalist in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. She is best known for her long-running series of articles on ''Brisbane's Historic Homes'' in The Queenslander newspaper. She sometimes published under the pse ...

Photos of Bertholme
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