Hibernia Lodge
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| Hibernia Lodge | |
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| Location | 69 Collett Street, Queanbeyan, Queanbeyan-Palerang Region, New South Wales, Australia |
| Coordinates | 35°20′59″S 149°14′03″E / 35.3496°S 149.2342°E |
| Official name | Hibernia Lodge |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 2 April 1999 |
| Reference no. | 514 |
| Type | historic site |
  Location of Hibernia Lodge in New South Wales  Hibernia Lodge (Australia) | |
Hibernia Lodge is a heritage-listed residence at 69 Collett Street, Queanbeyan, in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 and the former Register of the National Estate on 28 May 1996.[1][2]
It was built in 1865 as a residence for Obadiah Willans, the Queanbeyan Clerk of Petty Sessions.[3][2] It was designed by architect Alberto Soares, most known for his work on churches in the region.[4] During Willans' tenure, the house was described as the "social and cultural centre for the upper stratum of Queanbeyan society".[2]
After Willans' ownership ended, it was a family home until 1950, then divided up into flats, restored in the early 1980s and operated as an antique shop and tea shop, and returned to a private residence in the late 1980s.[2]
Description
Hibernia Lodge is a two-storey cottage in the Victorian Gothic style made of handmade bricks with a high gabled roof. It has three additions, a single-storey addition probably from the late nineteenth century, a later single-storey timber addition, and a two-storey addition added in recent decades. The name stems from the Irish origins of Willans' wife, Mary.[3][2]
Heritage listing
Hibernia Lodge was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.[1]
