Cintra House, Heritage-listed villa in Bowen Hills, Brisbane, Australia

Cintra House is a two-story masonry villa with double-story verandahs, cast-iron balusters, and a corrugated metal roof located on Boyd Street. The renovated interior contains two reception rooms, five bedrooms on the upper floor, and a modern kitchen positioned in the service wing.

Cintra was built in 1863–64 for George Dudley Webb to a design by Benjamin Backhouse. Boyd Dunlop Morehead, Queensland premier 1888–90, bought it in 1877 and extended it south; that wing became a separate residence in 1925. It served as Our Lady of Victories Convent from 1927 and housed the Queensland Motor Sporting Club from 1966 to 1973.

The name Cintra comes from the original 1863 house. From 1927 it was Our Lady of Victories Convent, and during World War II the American army used the bungalow, not the main house, as a photographic laboratory. From 1966 to 1973 the Queensland Motor Sporting Club had its headquarters here.

Cintra House stands at 23 Boyd Street in Bowen Hills, on a hillside above the Brisbane River; the north lawn is lined with a row of mature palms. It is a private family home again, so visits are limited to what can be seen from the street. The ground floor holds two reception rooms and a dining room, with five bedrooms upstairs.

During World War II the American army used the bungalow at Cintra, though not the main house, as a photographic laboratory. The southern extension, cut off from the villa in 1925, later became the Cintra Nursing Home. From 1966 to 1973 the Queensland Motor Sporting Club had its headquarters here.