Newstead House, Brisbane

Newstead House
Newstead House
Former namesNewstead
General information
TypeMansion
Architectural styleVictorian
LocationOn the northern bank of the Brisbane River at its junction with Breakfast Creek
AddressCorner Newstead Ave and Breakfast Creek Road, Newstead
Town or cityBrisbane
CountryAustralia
Coordinates27°26′34″S 153°02′46″E / 27.4427°S 153.0462°E / -27.4427; 153.0462
Construction started1846
Renovated1865, circa 1900
OwnerNewstead House Board of Trustees
Website
http://www.newsteadhouse.com.au

Newstead House is Brisbane's oldest surviving residence and is located on the Breakfast Creek bank of the Brisbane River, in the northern Brisbane suburb of Newstead, in Queensland, Australia. Built as a small cottage in the Colonial-Georgian style in 1846, the cottage was extended and today is painted and furnished in a late Victorian style.

Newstead House is the oldest surviving home in Brisbane, but not the oldest surviving building, built in 1846, for Patrick Leslie and his wife Catherine (née McArthur). In 1847 he sold Newstead House to his brother-in-law John Clements Wickham (married to Anna McArthur), the Police Magistrate and Government Resident.

Newstead House was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register in 1992.