Brisbane Grammar School Buildings
| Brisbane Grammar School Buildings | |
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Great Hall, Brisbane Grammar School
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| Location | 24 Gregory Terrace, Spring Hill, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°27′35″S 153°01′02″E / 27.4598°S 153.0171°ECoordinates: 27°27′35″S 153°01′02″E / 27.4598°S 153.0171°E |
| Design period | 1900 - 1914 (early 20th century) |
| Built | 1902 |
| Architect | James Cowlishaw, Richard Gailey, Robin Dods, George David Payne |
| Architectural style(s) | Gothic |
| Official name: Brisbane Grammar School | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 21 August 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600124 |
| Significant period | 1870s-1900s (historical) 1879 ongoing (social) main building: 1879-1925 (fabric) school house: 18 |
 Location of Brisbane Grammar School Buildings in Queensland
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Brisbane Grammar School Buildings are a heritage-listed group of private school buildings of Brisbane Grammar School, 24 Gregory Terrace, Spring Hill, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. They were added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 August 1992.
The Brisbane Grammar School, constituted under the Grammar School Act 1860-1864, was officially opened on 1 February 1869 under the headmastership of Thomas Harlin. It was the second Grammar School established in Queensland under the 1860 Grammar Schools Act (Ipswich Grammar School was the first).
The first buildings designed by architect Benjamin Backhouse with later additions by Richard George Suter were erected on a site along Roma Street and were demolished in 1911.
Following the expansion of the railway network, the school moved to the present site on Gregory Terrace. The foundation stone was laid by the Chairman of Trustees, Hon Charles Lilley on 28 November 1879. The site granted by the Queensland Government in 1878 was bounded on three sides by Gregory Terrace, College Road (then known as New Road), and the railway line. In addition the School was granted by the government a piece of land across the railway line for a sporting ground and a corresponding area was excised from the south west corner of the Gregory Terrace site.
Arranging of the drive and tree planting including the planting of an avenue of Moreton Bay Figs along the main drive was carried out at the new site by School Trustee and founding member of the Acclimatisation Society Lewis Adolphus Bernays. In 1918 the figs on the northern side of the drive were replaced by cocos palms. In 1881, students moved to the new school. The Main Building, comprising the Great Hall with single storeyed wings of classrooms on either side, was designed by architect James Cowlishaw. It was built to face College Road, overlooking the city and the old school. In the same year two Moreton Bay figs were planted by Prince Albert and Prince George (later King George V) in the drive.
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