| Nassagaweya | |
| Coordinates: | -27.4881°N 153.0025°W |
| Location: | 37 Gray Road, West End, Queensland, Australia |
| Beginning Label: | Design period |
| Beginning Date: | 1870s–1890s (late 19th century) |
| Architect: | Arthur Morry |
| Designation1: | Queensland Heritage Register |
| Designation1 Offname: | Nassagaweya |
| Designation1 Type: | state heritage (built) |
| Designation1 Date: | 21 October 1992 |
| Designation1 Number: | 600227 |
| Designation1 Free1name: | Significant period |
| Designation1 Free1value: | 1880s (fabric) 1880s–1890s (historical) |
| Designation1 Free2name: | Significant components |
| Designation1 Free2value: | service wing, residential accommodation – main house |
| Designation1 Free3name: | Builders |
Nassagaweya is a heritage-listed detached house at 37 Gray Road, West End, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Arthur Morry and built . It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.[1]
Nassagaweya was built in c.1885 by architect Arthur Morry as his own residence. He was later to become mayor of the City of South Brisbane and a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for South Brisbane.
After Morry left the house in 1895, the property was probably rented until 1915 when it was purchased by a Scottish-Canadian, John Gillies. He named the house Nassagaweya after his birthplace of Nassagaweya Township in Ontario, a Delaware Indian word meaning "home by the maple forests". Gillies died in 1946 and the house remains in the family. Today it occupies a corner site, the adjoining streets of which are named after two previous owners of the property, Gray and Morry.[2]
Nassagaweya is a two-storeyed timber house (c.1885) with a pyramid roof in corrugated iron, which was previously slate. Built on a corner block, the square-shaped core has a number of gabled projections on the street frontages.[1]
The front elevation is dominated by a double-storeyed gabled verandah on the left which has cast-iron balusters and frieze and a pierced timber valance. On the right is a gabled portico. This leads onto a small verandah, enclosed by timber louvres, which projects to the side.[1]
The side elevation is a complex arrangement of gabled insert verandahs, the louvred verandah and a projecting kitchen entry.[1]
Internally, the room spaces and joinery reflect the innovative spirit of the exterior. The house remains unaltered except for a room apparently added at the rear. The overall effect is an unusual and whimsical composition.[1]
Outbuildings, including stables, burnt down some time ago.[1]
Nassagaweya was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria.[1]
The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history.
One of several, sizeable timber houses built at Hill End during the 1880s boom.[1]
The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places.
Nassagaweya is significant as an individualistic and intact 1880s residence.[1]
The place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland's history.
Nassagaweya is significant for its close association with architect and politician Arthur Morry, built as his own residence.[1]