Dunaverty, Albion
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| Dunaverty | |
|---|---|
 Residence in 2015 | |
| Location | 21 Birkbeck Street, Albion, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°25′42″S 153°02′32″E / 27.4282°S 153.0421°E |
| Design period | 1870s - 1890s (late 19th century) |
| Built | 1887 |
| Official name | Dunaverty, Carvarmore |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600045 |
| Significant period | 1880s-1890s (fabric & historical) |
| Significant components | lead light/s, residential accommodation - main house |
| Builders | Archibald McNish Fraser |
  Location of Dunaverty in Queensland  Dunaverty, Albion (Australia) | |
Dunaverty is a heritage-listed detached house at 21 Birkbeck Street, Albion, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1887 by Archibald McNish Fraser. It is also known as Carvarmore. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.[1]
Description
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Located on the corner of Birkbeck and Hudson Rd, Dunaverty is a picturesque chamferboard cottage with a hipped corrugated iron roof. In its corner position and with its rich external detailing, the residence is prominent in a street of modest cottages along Birkbeck St, and makes a picturesque contribution to the streetscape.[1]
The house is L-shaped in plan, with a wing extending out to the north east. It has a front verandah overlooking Birkbeck St to the south-west, a side verandah along the south eastern frontage, and an enclosed verandah in the northern corner. The building has a hipped roof, with gently curved verandah awnings.[1]
The front elevation presents a richly decorated face to the street framed by mature palms. The verandah has cast iron posts with floriated capitals, and richly detailed cast iron valances and balustrade panels. The main entrance has a projecting barrel vault supported on paired posts, which has a finely carved fretwork panel with thistle motifs and a unicorn in a crest. The end panels of the verandah thistle motifs encircling a lion in a crest. The main roof has a scalloped timber trim and carved double eaves brackets. The front entrance has coloured glass surrounds with etched thistle motifs, and is flanked by projecting bay windows.[1]
The north-west elevation facing Hudson Rd has sash windows protected by hoods on shaped timber brackets with fretwork panels which also incorporate the thistle motif. The rear verandah is enclosed with vertical timber louvres, but the fretwork end panels remain visible. Timber French doors and casement windows open onto the verandah to the south-east. Two richly detailed brick chimneys surmounted by barley-twisted terracotta chimney pots are visible from the rear of the house.[1]
The house has three bedrooms and a rear kitchen along the south-western side; a central entrance hall, and a joined living and dining room to the north-east. The interior contains fine decorative detailing. It has cedar joinery throughout. The fanlights above the four doors to the front of the house are made of fretwork panels which incorporate the thistle motifs, and nicknames of Fraser's family: Nellie, Charlie, Mima, and Katie. The house has timber ceiling roses throughout which also incorporate thistle patterns, as do the coloured glass panels to the hall door (no longer extant). Much of the ironmongery in the house, particularly the door hinges and some escutcheons are decorated with floral patterns.[1]
Dunaverty is an intact "boom era" middle class residence with fine idiosyncratic detailing which makes a picturesque contribution to Birkbeck St.[1]
