Brisbane Boys' College Buildings
| Brisbane Boys' College Buildings | |
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Main Building, Brisbane Boys' College, 2014
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| Location | 55 Moggill Road, Toowong, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°29′19″S 152°59′17″E / 27.4885°S 152.9881°ECoordinates: 27°29′19″S 152°59′17″E / 27.4885°S 152.9881°E |
| Design period | 1919 - 1930s (interwar period) |
| Built | 1930 - 1950 |
| Official name: Brisbane Boys College | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600337 |
| Significant period | 1930s (fabric) 1930s (historical) 1930s ongoing (social) |
| Significant components | stained glass window/s, tower, residential accommodation - headmaster's house, loggia/s, chapel, decorative features, school/school room |
 Location of Brisbane Boys' College Buildings in Queensland
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Brisbane Boys' College Buildings are the heritage-listed private school buildings at Brisbane Boys' College, 55 Moggill Road, Toowong, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. They were built from 1930 to 1950. They were added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
The school was founded as Rudd's College in 1902 at Clayfield by A.W. Rudd. In 1918 it was taken over by the Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association and renamed Brisbane Boys' College.
The main three-storeyed masonry school building, was built in 1930 at Toowong, on land donated by the daughters of Sir Robert Philp. Opened in 1931, the school with its boarding facilities was contained in one building. The building was designed by architects Atkinson and Conrad, who were also responsible for the design of The Southport School c. 1924-1928, and the Church of England Grammar School at East Brisbane 1917-1930.
Another storey was added to the main tower by 1950. The verandahs of the main building were enclosed to provide further accommodation but were opened again in 1989.
The headmaster's residence was built in 1936. It also was designed by Atkinson & Conrad. The school has continued to grow and now consists of numerous other buildings with an enrolment of over 1000 students.
Sited slightly below the ridge of Kensington Terrace, the main building is a three-storeyed rendered masonry Spanish Mission style building. Classroom wings with terracotta tiled hipped roofs flank a central entrance, tower, and campanile. It has concrete floors, timber doors, steel hopper windows to the upper storeys, red brick sills, and rich decorative features to the facades and interior.
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