Shop Row, Woolloongabba
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| Shop Row, Woolloongabba | |
|---|---|
 Building in 2015 | |
| Location | 609 & 613 Stanley Street, Woolloongabba, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°29′09″S 153°01′46″E / 27.4859°S 153.0295°E |
| Design period | 1900–1914 (early 20th century) |
| Built | c. 1903 |
| Official name | Shop Row |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600355 |
| Significant period | c. 1903 (fabric) c. 1903–ongoing (historical use) |
  Location of Shop Row, Woolloongabba in Queensland  Shop Row, Woolloongabba (Australia) | |
Shop Row is a heritage-listed commercial building at 609 & 613 Stanley Street, Woolloongabba, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built c. 1903. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.[1]
This two-storeyed brick shop row was built c. 1903, probably for John Brett and Winifred Mary Charlton, owners of the adjoining Clarence Hotel.[1]
Although the site on which the shop row is situated housed a number of small businesses from the 1870s onwards, the land subdivision which permitted construction of the brick shop row did not take place until 1903, following purchase of the Clarence Hotel and the adjoining Stanley Street property by the Charltons in 1902–03.[1]
Its occupants have included fruiterers, hairdressers, tobacconists, drapers, and the Australian Bank of Commerce.[1]
Description
This two-storeyed brick row comprises five shops, with a single skillion roof of corrugated iron sloping down from the front to the back.[1]
A parapet of exposed face brickwork with applied decoration in cement render dominates the Stanley Street facade. The central design element on this parapet is a pediment scroll with plant motifs; in the bays on either side of the scroll, arch forms in cement render are set in relief.[1]
A first floor cantilevered verandah across the front elevation is ornamented with double timber posts, bracket sweeps to three sides of each post, and batten balustrade and frieze. A set of French doors with fanlight opens centrally from each shop onto the verandah.[1]
At the lower level a corrugated iron street awning is supported by double timber posts.[1]
