Old Bishopsbourne
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Old Bishopsbourne, 2009
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| Location | 233 Milton Road, Milton, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°28′03″S 153°00′12″E / 27.4675°S 153.0033°ECoordinates: 27°28′03″S 153°00′12″E / 27.4675°S 153.0033°E |
| Design period | 1840s–1860s (mid-19th century) |
| Built | 1865–1959 |
| Architect | Benjamin Backhouse |
| Official name: Old Bishopsbourne, St Francis Theological College, Bishopsbourne | |
| Type | state heritage (built, landscape) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600254 |
| Significant period | 1860s-1880s, 1910s, 1930s, 1950s (fabric) 1860s-1960s (hisdtorical) |
| Significant components | college – ecclesiastical/theological, driveway, cellar, residential accommodation – bishop's house, cloister/s, library – building, views to, gate – entrance, terracing, chapel, service wing, garden/grounds |
 Location of Old Bishopsbourne in Queensland
Location of Old Bishopsbourne in Queensland
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Old Bishopsbourne is a heritage-listed house at 233 Milton Road, Milton, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Benjamin Backhouse and built from 1865 to 1959. It is also known as St Francis Theological College and Bishopsbourne. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
This two-storeyed stone residence was constructed in 1865-68 for Edward Tufnell, the first Anglican Bishop of Brisbane (1860–74), as his See house. It remained the home of the Anglican primates of Brisbane until 1964.
In 1862 Tufnell, on behalf of the Anglican Church, received from Emmeline Leslie a gift of 16 acres (6.5 hectares) of eucalypt woodland along the Milton Road. The site was earmarked for a See house.
During a short sojourn in England, Tufnell raised £4,400 for the Brisbane Diocese. Despite popular opposition to the expense, £3,000 of this was spent constructing Bishopsbourne.
The architect was Benjamin Backhouse, who had practised in Geelong, Ballarat and London, before arriving in Brisbane in 1861. Backhouse left Brisbane for Sydney in 1868, but in the short time he was resident in Queensland, his work was prolific, ranging from houses to churches to school to hotels to commercial and warehouse premises. Among these works were a number of substantial Brisbane residences – such as:
and several ecclesiastic buildings, including:
In the mid-1860s he designed National Schools at Toowoomba, Warwick, Condamine, Laidley, Goondiwindi, Nanango, Bald Hills, Bowen, Maryborough and Fortitude Valley for the Queensland Board of Education. He also designed the first Brisbane Grammar School in Roma Street, constructed 1868-69.
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