Bryntirion
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Bryntirion, 2013
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| Location | 287 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°27′53″S 153°01′19″E / 27.4648°S 153.022°ECoordinates: 27°27′53″S 153°01′19″E / 27.4648°S 153.022°E |
| Design period | 1840s - 1860s (mid-19th century) |
| Built | 1861 - 1930s |
| Built for | Edward Barton Southerden |
| Architect | James Furnival |
| Official name: Bryntirion | |
| Type | state heritage (landscape, built) |
| Designated | 17 December 1993 |
| Reference no. | 600166 |
| Significant components | trees/plantings, residential accommodation - main house, basement / sub-floor |
 Location of Bryntirion in Queensland
Location of Bryntirion in Queensland
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Bryntirion is a heritage-listed detached house at 287 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by James Furnival for Edward Barton Southerden and built in 1861 with subsequent extensions. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 17 December 1993.
The house was built in 1861 for Edward Barton Southerden, a successful Queen Street draper and later first Mayor of Sandgate, to a design by James Furnival who had recently established his practice in Brisbane. Extensions have included an 1876 design by Richard Gailey.
In 1882 it was sold to Richard Edwards who gave the house its Welsh name. Edwards was a partner in the drapery firm Edwards & Chapman, and a director of Telegraph newspapers for thirty years. He became the first member for Oxley in the Australian House of Representatives in 1901 and retired in 1913. In 1896 Edwards bought and demolished the neighbouring Athol Cottage and established Bryntirion's large garden in its place. Richard Edwards died in the house on 29 October 1915. The house remained in the family, occupied by his grandchildren and used as a doctor's surgery.
Bryntirion is a chamferboard house on a stone foundation with a corrugated iron roof, built in 1861 with subsequent additions to the rear, front and western elevations. The house sits on its eastern alignment and is surrounded by lush subtropical gardens on the north, south and west. Glimpses of the house from the street are through formally arranged exotic and native trees.
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