Wilston House
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Residence in 2015
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| Location | 47 Watson Street, Newmarket, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°25′58″S 153°00′47″E / 27.4328°S 153.0131°ECoordinates: 27°25′58″S 153°00′47″E / 27.4328°S 153.0131°E |
| Design period | 1870s - 1890s (late 19th century) |
| Built | c. 1876 - c. 1880 |
| Built for | William Wilson |
| Architect | James Cowlishaw |
| Official name: Wilston House | |
| Type | state heritage (landscape, built) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600344 |
| Significant period | 1870s, 1880s (fabric, historical) |
| Significant components | residential accommodation - main house, trees/plantings, garden/grounds |
 Location of Wilston House in Queensland
Location of Wilston House in Queensland
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Wilston House is a heritage-listed villa at 47 Watson Street, Newmarket, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by architect James Cowlishaw and built from c. 1876 to c. 1880. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
This substantial, single-storeyed brick residence, designed by Brisbane architect James Cowlishaw, was constructed c. 1876 for William Wilson, a mercantile and insurance broker and later Brisbane representative for the Adelaide Milling Company, and a member of the Queensland Legislative Council from 1874 to 1878. The suburb of Wilston derives its name from this residence, which for many years was a prominent landmark in the Newmarket-Wilston district.
William Wilson, the son of Irish farmers James Wilson and Mary Richey, was born in Ireland c. 1832 and had emigrated to Queensland by August 1858, when he married widow Mary Coutts (née Mackay) in Brisbane. He was engaged in mercantile pursuits and from the early 1860s at least, the family resided in Mary Street, near his business. He was a Protestant and a freemason, and became well known in public life.
James Cowlishaw, a Sydney-trained architect and businessman who established his Brisbane architectural practiced in the second half of 1860, appears to have had a long association with William Wilson - one of his earliest Brisbane commissions, in 1861, was for an elegant brick cottage in Mary-street, for Mr Wilson (cost £800 - possibly Frogmore Cottage), where the William Wilsons resided prior to the construction of Wilston House.
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