Booval House, Historic residence in Booval, Australia

Booval House is a two-storey brick house at 14 Cothill Road, Booval, built in the 1850s for George Faircloth. It has a steeply pitched hipped roof clad in corrugated galvanised iron, with a separate skillion roof over verandahs on three sides. The Sisters of Mercy enclosed all verandahs, both ground and upper level, with louvres and fibro and aluminium cladding.

George Faircloth, manager of the Bank of Australasia in Ipswich, commissioned the construction of this residence, which William Hancock completed in 1857. The property changed hands several times before being auctioned in 1868.

Booval House was sold to the Catholic Church in 1921 and, after standing empty for several years, reopened in 1930 as St Gabriel's Convent for the Sisters of Mercy, who built a convent school next door. A brick extension with a chapel and bedrooms followed in 1969. The chapel was later restored and blessed as the Chapel of John Paul the Great.

Booval House is a private family home at 14 Cothill Road, Booval, not a museum open to visitors. It can be viewed from the street; the 2021 owner added ducted air conditioning, solar panels on the carport roofs and a pool at the eastern end of the property.

During the American Civil War era, the property was involved in cotton production, reflecting Australia's economic ties to international markets at the time. This venture ended when financial difficulties forced its sale.