craigston

View of Brisbane looking towards Craigston apartments, ca. 1931

from State Library of Queensland

• Vesna Verencevic said:

  Craigston is a heritage-listed apartment block at 217 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Atkinson & Conrad and built in 1927. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. Craigston is located on Wickham Terrace, overlooking the city centre, within a precinct associated since the 1880s with Brisbane's medical profession. It is an eight-storeyed building with a sub-floor, rooftop garden, and viewing tower, and is constructed of rendered brick with a steel-reinforced concrete frame. The design is Spanish Mission style, with an arched entry, arched windows and a decorative parapet at the penthouse level, and a corner tower with a terracotta tiled roof. Apart from a sympathetic enclosing of the balconies, the exterior of the building is intact. Professional suites occupy the ground and sub-floors, with the remaining levels providing residential accommodation. Apart from the sixth level, which has always accommodated two apartments, each of the residential levels originally contained one spacious flat with a central arrival hall, servants' rooms in the back western corner, and family living in the L-shape. Most of the flats have been subdivided since, with apartments currently numbering twelve. The block is serviced by a central elevator, dumb waiter, and common L-shaped hallways, which are lined with dark-stained silky oak dado paneling. Access to the professional suites is via the front entrance, with a separate side entry (at the southwest end of the hallway) reserved for the use of residents. Several small garden beds with edgings of Brisbane tuff have been established at the front and along the south-western side of the building. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craigston