Astolat, Yeronga
Astolat residence, Yeronga | |
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Location | 96 Kadumba Street, Yeronga, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Coordinates | 27°30′56″S 153°00′42″E / 27.5155°S 153.0118°E |
Design period | 1870s–1890s (late 19th century) |
Built | c. 1890–c. 1890 |
Official name | Astolat |
Type | state heritage (built, landscape) |
Designated | 25 August 2000 |
Reference no. | 601473 |
Significant period | 1890s (fabric, historical) |
Significant components | carriage way/drive, trees/plantings, garden/grounds, residential accommodation – main house |
Astolat is a heritage-listed villa at 96 Kadumba Street, Yeronga, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from c. 1890 to c. 1890. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 25 August 2000.[1]
History
Astolat was erected c. 1890 for Brisbane solicitor Adolph Frederick Milford Feez, following transfer of the 2 acres (0.81 ha) 20 perches (510 m2) site to Albrecht Feez, his father, in April 1890. It is thought to have been designed by Brisbane architect George Henry Male Addison.[1]
The house was erected during an important phase in the development of Yeronga. The Yeronga pocket, which fronts the
The majority of fine 1880s and 1890s houses erected in the Yeronga area were built from 1885, following the opening of Yeronga Station that year. Only a few of these residences survive to illustrate the late 19th century development of Yeronga as a middle-class commuter suburb. Amongst those remaining are Como (1889–90) and solicitor Adolph Feez's home Astolat (c. 1890), which occupy adjacent sites on the southern side of Kadumba Street; Rhyndarra (1889) at the western end of Kadumba Street; and Avoca (c. 1880s) in nearby Feez Street.[1]
Yeronga-Lea (c. 1883), the earliest of the large homes erected in the area, no longer survives. The residence of newspaperman and politician
Astolat may have been designed by respected Brisbane architect GHM Addison of the Melbourne-based firm
The name Astolat is associated with the
Adolph Feez, for whom Astolat was commissioned, was born in Brisbane in 1858, son of
Feez was a keen sportsman. He represented Queensland in Rugby Union, was an early Master of the Hunt with the
Following Albrecht Feez's death in 1896, the property passed to his two sons, Adolph and Arthur, as trustees. Arthur died in 1935, and Adolph's wife, Kate Elise Feez, was nominated trustee in his place. In the late 1930s the property was subdivided, at which time Astolat Street was formed, and by 1947 the Feez family had sold all the subdivisions apart from that on which the house stood.[1]
Adolph Feez died at Astolat on 13 October 1944, survived by his wife and children. His son, Cecil Molle Feez, was appointed a trustee of the property in Adolph's place. Mrs Feez remained at Astolat until 1949, when the property was sold to Stanley Samuel Carrick. It remained in the Carrick family until acquired in 1963 by Dr Kenneth Wilson and his wife Jocelyn, and was transferred in 1980 to the present owners.[1]
Description
Astolat is a picturesque single-storeyed timber residence, with a corrugated iron roofs and timber verandahs. It sits towards the rear of a wedge-shaped block, and has a front garden with mature trees and a circular drive. The house is one of a group of three adjacent substantial late 19th and early 20th century timber residences on Kadumba St screened by a streetscape of mature trees, and contributes to both the streetscape of Kadumba St and the townscape of Yeronga.[1]
The house has an L-shaped plan, with a hipped primary roof encircled by a raked verandah roof. It has verandahs to the north and the west, and a projecting hexagonal bay at the north west corner. A wide set of timber stairs extends out to the north east from the hexagonal bay.[1]
The house is lined with deep
Heritage listing
Astolat was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 25 August 2000 having satisfied the following criteria.[1]
The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history.
Astolat survives as an important illustration of the late 19th century transformation of Yeronga from small farming community to prestigious residential commuter suburb. From a broader perspective, it is important in illustrating the effect that access to rail transport in the late 19th century had on Brisbane's urban environment, creating in the 1870s and 1880s a string of "outer" suburbs along the new railway lines into the capital. The place also illustrates the nature of Queensland's first generation of suburban rail commuters - principally the affluent middle-class. With the construction of this and other houses of similar status in the area in the late 19th century (including adjacent Como/Barrogill), the tone of the suburb as a quiet, middle-class residential retreat was established, and sustained into the second half of the 20th century.[1]
The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Queensland's history.
It has the potential to reveal further information about late 19th/early 20th century Brisbane architects and their work, and may prove to be a fine example of the domestic work of important Brisbane architect GHM Addison.[1]
The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places.
Astolat is a substantial picturesque timber residence set in a garden of mature trees.[1]
The place is important because of its aesthetic significance.
As one of a group of substantial late 19th and early 20th century timber residences on Kadumba Street, the building contributes to both the streetscape of Kadumba Street and the townscape of Yeronga.[1]
The place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland's history.
The place is significant for its long association with the Feez family.[1]