Palings Building
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Upper facade of the former Palings building, 2009
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| Location | 86 Queen Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°28′12″S 153°01′27″E / 27.4701°S 153.0242°ECoordinates: 27°28′12″S 153°01′27″E / 27.4701°S 153.0242°E |
| Design period | 1870s - 1890s (late 19th century) |
| Built | 1885 - 1919 |
| Architect | Richard Gailey |
| Architectural style(s) | Italianate |
| Official name: City International Duty Free, Palings Building | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600161 |
| Significant period | 1885-1919 (fabric) 1888-1986 (historical- Palings) |
| Significant components | elevator |
| Builders | Patten & Son |
 Location of Palings Building in Queensland
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The Palings Building is a heritage-listed retail building located at 86 Queen Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Richard Gailey as one of a row of four identical buildings and built from 1885 to 1919 by Patten & Son. Two of the four buildings have since been demolished while a third survives but is incorporated into another building. The Palings building was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992; at that time, the building was used for the City International Duty Free store.
Palings Building was one of a set of four office buildings erected in 1885, adjacent to the old Brisbane Town Hall in Queen Street. They were constructed for Dr Power, WH Paling and Co. of Sydney, and JS Manwaring, at a cost of £13,000.
Paling & Company purchased the building in 1886 but did not occupy it until 1888. However, once in occupation, Paling's operated a retail store for sheet music and musical instruments from 1888 to 1986 in the building.
Building contractors Patten and Son had commenced construction by July 1885. Of brick with stone foundations, each building comprised three floors and a basement. Established Brisbane architect Richard Gailey designed the four identical premises with a common Queen Street frontage. William Henry Paling gained title to the site in 1886, but Paling & Co did not occupy the building until 1888. Dutch-born Paling had emigrated to Australia in 1853, and had established himself in Sydney in the 1850s as a tutor of piano and violin, composer, concert performer, the inaugurator of several music societies, and a music warehouseman, retailing musical instruments and sheet music. In the 1870s and 1880s, Paling was active in local government and philanthropic work, and died at his Sydney home in 1895.
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