Espie Dods House, Heritage site at Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill, Australia

Espie Dods House is a two-story brick building in Spring Hill with black and white marble floors, wooden wall panels, and timber ceilings. Four fireplaces are placed throughout to serve both the living quarters and the former doctor's consulting room below.

Robin Dods designed this residence in 1906 for his brother Dr Espie Dods as both a home and medical practice on Wickham Terrace. The building came about when doctors commonly operated their practices from their own homes.

The house is still called Dods House, a name that ties the building to its designer and first owner. Robin Dods fused his Scottish training with Arts and Crafts ideas and vernacular elements, producing a design unlike his other domestic work. The roughcast render, terracotta shingle roof and turned timber balusters of the masonry fence are details a visitor can spot.

The ground floor faces Wickham Terrace, while the former dining room, kitchen and servants' rooms sit on the full subfloor at the rear, where the land falls away. The basement now holds an escape room and cocktail bar, so access to the lower level is through that venue. Look for the masonry fence with turned timber balusters along the street.

The house is still called Dods House, though its designer Robin Dods lived there only briefly before moving up the hill to Callender House. Its ground floor and basement have since held tea rooms, a restaurant, a strip club, a piano bar and, from the early 2000s to 2023, an office of the National Trust of Queensland.