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| View Original: | StateLibQld 1 117492 G. Meek's house in 24 McGregor Terrace, Bardon.jpg (763x1000) | |||
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| Keywords: StateLibQld 1 117492 G. Meek's house in 24 McGregor Terrace, Bardon.jpg en G Meek's house in 24 McGregor Terrace Bardon The image shows architect G Meek's house in Bardon still under construction The house designed to suit the land stands at 43 feet above ground level at the back and only 15 feet above footpath level at the front A concrete catwalk leads from the street into the lounge and vestibule situated in the peak of the high pitched roof On the floor below are the kitchen dining room bathroom and maid's room while the next floor down contains three bedrooms and a sleep-out The pitch of the roof was so steep that the tiles had to be fixed by hand from the inside and pinned with special clips The estimated final cost at the time the photograph was taken was £3 500 The suburb of Bardon was named after Bardon House built by Joshua Jeays an architect and a partner of Andrew Petrie in the construction of the Petrie Terrace Goal Bardon House was named after Jeays' birthplace Bardon Hill in Leicestershire England Joshua Jeays was an alderman of the first Municipality of Brisbane from 1859 to 1864 when he became the Mayor The area that is now Bardon was first surveyed on 12 November 1862 This was followed by the sale of the land with only three buyers showing interest Joshua Jeays Francis Lyon and Edward Wyndham Tufnell Tufnell became the first Anglican Bishop of Brisbane 1951 handle 10462/deriv/108139 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Houses in Bardon Queensland 1951 in Brisbane Black and white photographs | ||||
