Glen Lyon, Ashgrove
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Residence in 2015, while undergoing renovations
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| Location | 34 Glenlyon Drive, Ashgrove, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°26′43″S 152°58′47″E / 27.4452°S 152.9796°ECoordinates: 27°26′43″S 152°58′47″E / 27.4452°S 152.9796°E |
| Design period | 1870s - 1890s (late 19th century) |
| Built | 1876-1877 |
| Built for | Alexander Stewart |
| Official name: Glen Lyon, Marist Fathers Monastery | |
| Type | state heritage (landscape, built) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600049 |
| Significant period | 1870s-1890s (fabric) 1870s-1990s (historical) |
| Significant components | billiards room, dairy/creamery, cellar, well, stained glass window/s, gate - entrance, tennis court site, residential accommodation - servants' quarters, residential accommodation - main house |
 Location of Glen Lyon in Queensland
Location of Glen Lyon in Queensland
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Glen Lyon is a heritage-listed villa at 34 Glenlyon Drive, Ashgrove, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1876 to 1877. It is also known as Marist Fathers Monastery. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
This two-storeyed residence, the second oldest in the Ashgrove area (after the so-called 'Granite House' in nearby St Johns Wood), was erected in 1876-7 for Alexander Stewart, a partner in the merchant firm of Stewart & Hemmant. It was the centrepiece of a 250 acres (100 ha) estate acquired by Stewart in 1875 and 1876. The property, which extended along both sides of Enoggera Creek, was named Glen Lyon after Stewart's birthplace in Scotland (Glen Lyon).
Probably designed by architect James Cowlishaw, the original plans were modified when financial considerations forced Stewart to have a more modest residence erected.
At Glen Lyon, Stewart created a country estate. Within a few years the property contained a dairy herd, fowl runs, duck pond, an orchard and vegetable garden and an assortment of outbuildings. A well was sunk, detached servants' quarters and a dairy were constructed at the rear of the main house, and a coachman's cottage, known as the Lodge, was erected near Waterworks Road.
An avenue of bunya pines, which still stand, was planted the length of the front drive (now Glenlyon Drive). The present entrance gates are not the original; wrought iron gates set in pillars of granite, which formerly fronted Waterworks Road, have been removed to Stuartholme Convent.
A detached billiards room was constructed in the 1880s or early 1890s, and the grounds around the house were landscaped. Steps led from the billiard room to a tennis court.
Alexander Stewart died in 1918 and the property was subsequently sold. Most of the estate was purchased by developer T M Burke who gradually subdivided it as the Glenlyon Estate. The house and immediate surrounds were purchased by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane. From about 1927 the house was rented to the New Zealand province of the Society of Mary (Marist Fathers), who purchased it in 1930. The Marist Fathers sold Glen Lyon c. 2003 and it currently functions as a private residence.
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