Collins Place, South Brisbane, Heritage-listed detached house in South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Collins Place is an L-shaped, two-and-a-half-storey rendered brick house at 271 Grey Street, with verandahs on three sides over two levels and a service wing to the rear. Its hipped roof meets a gabled roof over the wing, and the street-facing gable carries a finial and cross pieces. Chimneys with double clay pots rise above the roofline, and the verandahs rest on timber columns with bevelled corners, cast-iron valances and balustrading.
The house was built around 1889 for Michael Foley, the owner of the Ship Inn. In the following decades it housed various residents, including a surgeon, before serving other purposes in the late 20th century.
The name Collins Place was given by owner Lynette Bloss to honour John Collins, who held the 1857 deed of grant for the land. During Expo '88 the house operated as the Collins Place Spaghetti House, and at the time of its 1992 heritage listing it served as a police station.
Collins Place stands at 271 Grey Street, fronting the street at its south-eastern end, beside the Southbank railway station on ground that falls away toward the tracks. It has no immediate neighbours on either side, so the house is seen in the round from the footpath. The building is not open to the public; it is viewed from outside.
In December 2014 the 330-tonne house was raised nine metres on jacks so the Southpoint development could be built beneath and around it. It now sits above the new precinct, held as its focal point.
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