17/08/2026
One of Brisbane's Favourite Homes
Cremorne is a c1906 Federation Queenslander house known for its stunning verandahs. It is a large, imposing, primarily single-storeyed timber residence, situated halfway up the steep slope of Eldernell/Hamilton Hill in Brisbane, with expansive views of the Brisbane River and the city's south-eastern suburbs. It has extensive grounds sloping down the hill to Kingsford Smith Drive.
The house is almost L-shaped in plan, and has a corrugated iron roof which is a complex of hips, gables, ridges and pavilions, with decorative gablets and finials, and three brick chimneys. There are verandahs, with separate roofs, on all four sides. Several sections of these have been enclosed. The open verandahs all have simple timber balustrading and timber frieze, and ceilings of narrow tongue and groove timber. Most of the walls are single-skin tongue and groove timber, but where exposed to the weather, are clad externally with chamferboards.
Cremorne is listed on the Queensland Heritage Register, being a large, substantially intact timber residence constructed in 1905–06, and is important in illustrating the continued development of Hamilton in the late 19th/early 20th centuries, as one of Brisbane's most prestigious suburbs.
The house is an outstanding example of Queensland federation-period domestic architecture, which, with its generous verandahs, distinctive rotundas, and attention to ventilation in the design, materials and details, addresses both aspect and climate in a creative and aesthetic manner.
Situated on a prominent riverside site, Cremorne and its grounds are significant for their landmark and aesthetic qualities.
The house is important as the only identified Brisbane example of the domestic work of architects Eaton & Bates, who made a significant contribution to Queensland architecture in the late 1890s and early 1900s.
(Queensland Heritage Register)
(photos: SLQ and Ray White New Farm)
