Hester Villa is a heritage-listed detached house at 58 Stafford Street,

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, Australia. It was built . It was added to the

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on 21 October 1992.

History

Hester Villa is a single-storey dwelling that was built about 1901 for Captain Robert Pearn. A penny nailed above the front doorway records the date. The house replaced the original family home which had burnt down. Pearn was a master mariner who at one stage was involved with the recruiting of Pacific Islanders. After his death in 1910, his wife Louisa inherited the house. It remained the Pearn family home until 1968. In the late 1970s the house was in a very dilapidated condition. It was acquired by conservation architect Ray Oliver and his wife, and has been sympathetically refurbished.

Description

Hester Villa is a timber and corrugated iron dwelling built about 1901. It occupies three blocks in an area of medium-density housing. The dwelling is supported by timber stumps but the sub-floor is enclosed at the back. It has a stepped

verandah A veranda or verandah is a roofed, open-air gallery or porch, attached to the outside of a building. A veranda is often partly enclosed by a railing and frequently extends across the front and sides of the structure. Although the form ''veran ...

on three sides, a short ridge tin roof supported by twin

eaves The eaves are the edges of the roof which overhang the face of a wall and, normally, project beyond the side of a building. The eaves form an overhang to throw water clear of the walls and may be highly decorated as part of an architectural styl ...

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and a ventilator gablet. The front facade features one

bay window A bay window is a window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room. Types Bay window is a generic term for all protruding window constructions, regardless of whether they are curved or angular, or r ...

, ornate cast-iron balustrading, timber columns with

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and brackets, and twin posts which support a

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pediment Pediments are gables, usually of a triangular shape. Pediments are placed above the horizontal structure of the lintel, or entablature, if supported by columns. Pediments can contain an overdoor and are usually topped by hood moulds. A pedimen ...

. The four panel front door is enhanced by ruby flashed glass

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and provides ingress to the central corridor. Walls are lined with

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boards while step-out

sash windows A sash window or hung sash window is made of one or more movable panels, or "sashes". The individual sashes are traditionally paned windows, but can now contain an individual sheet (or sheets, in the case of double glazing) of glass. History T ...

allow access to the verandah. The house and garden have been sensitively rehabilitated.

Heritage listing

Hester Villa 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. Hester Villa is a valuable reflection of middling status family housing in suburban Brisbane. The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places. Hester Villa is a fine example of a timber and iron house of the Federation period. The place is important because of its aesthetic significance. Hester Villa is a fine example of a timber and iron house of the Federation period.

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External links

{{Commons category-inline, Hester Villa Queensland Heritage Register East Brisbane, Queensland Houses in Queensland Articles incorporating text from the Queensland Heritage Register