Masel Residence: Difference between revisions
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{{Infobox historic site
| name = Masel Residence
| name = Masel Residence
| image = Masel Residence,Stanthorpe, 2015 03.JPG
| image = Masel Residence,Stanthorpe, 2015 03.JPG
| location = 98 High Street, [[Stanthorpe, Queensland|Stanthorpe]], [[Southern Downs Region]], [[Queensland]], Australia
| location = 98 High Street, [[Stanthorpe, Queensland|Stanthorpe]], [[Southern Downs Region]], [[Queensland]], Australia
| beginning_label = Design period
| beginning_label = Design period
| beginning_date = 1919 – 1930s (interwar period)
| beginning_date = (interwar period)
| built = 1937 – 1938
| built =
| built_for =Dr Harry and Una Masel
| built_for =Dr Harry and Una Masel
| demolished =
| demolished =
| architect =[[Charles William Thomas Fulton]]
| architect =[[Charles William Thomas Fulton]]
| architecture =
| architecture =
| owner =
| owner =
| designation1_free1value = 1930s (fabric, historical)
| designation1_free1value = 1930s (fabric, historical)
| designation1_free2name = Significant components
| designation1_free2name = Significant components
| designation1_free2value = pathway/walkway, trees/plantings, fence/wall – perimeter, garage, terracing, laboratory, wall/s – retaining, wall/s – garden, lawn/s, gate – entrance, wading pool, consulting rooms, furniture/fittings, garden edging/balustrades/planter boxes, driveway, residential accommodation – main house
| designation1_free2value = pathway/walkway, trees/plantings, fence/wall perimeter, garage, terracing, laboratory, wall/s retaining, wall/s garden, lawn/s, gate entrance, wading pool, consulting rooms, furniture/fittings, garden edging/balustrades/planter boxes, driveway, residential accommodation main house
| designation1_free3name = Builders
| designation1_free3name = Builders
| designation1_free3value = [[Kell & Rigby]]
| designation1_free3value = [[Kell & Rigby]]
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Historic site in Queensland, Australia
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Masel Residence, 2015 |
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| Location | 98 High Street, Stanthorpe, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 28°39′09″S 151°56′18″E / 28.6524°S 151.9384°E |
| Design period | 1919–1930s (interwar period) |
| Built | 1937–1938 |
| Built for | Dr Harry and Una Masel |
| Architect | Charles William Thomas Fulton |
| Official name | Masel Residence (former), Diamond Residence |
| Type | state heritage (built, landscape) |
| Designated | 7 February 2005 |
| Reference no. | 601552 |
| Significant period | 1930s (fabric, historical) |
| Significant components | pathway/walkway, trees/plantings, fence/wall – perimeter, garage, terracing, laboratory, wall/s – retaining, wall/s – garden, lawn/s, gate – entrance, wading pool, consulting rooms, furniture/fittings, garden edging/balustrades/planter boxes, driveway, residential accommodation – main house |
| Builders | Kell & Rigby |
 Location of Masel Residence in Queensland 
Masel Residence (Australia) |
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Masel Residence is a heritage-listed detached house at 98 High Street, Stanthorpe, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Charles William Thomas Fulton and built from 1937 to 1938 by Kell & Rigby. It is also known as Diamond Residence. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 7 February 2005.[1]
History[edit]
A substantial two-storeyed brick building, the former Masel Residence was erected in Stanthorpe in 1937-1938 for Dr Harry Masel and Una Masel and their family. Designed in 1936 by Charles William Thomas Fulton of Donoghue and Fulton Architects and constructed by Sydney builders Kell & Rigby, the building with its functionally zoned planning and abstract monumental facades was strongly influenced by European modernist architecture. One of the first examples of these trends in architecture in Queensland, it was the joint winner of Queensland’s inaugural awards for meritorious architecture in 1938.[1]
Settlement at Stanthorpe began around 1872 with the commencement of alluvial tin mining in the area. Originally two townships, it grew into a centre for that part of the Darling Downs. Dr Harry Masel, a general practitioner in Stanthorpe, acquired the title to a half-acre lot on High Street in 1936. Una Masel, Harry’s wife, had an interest in contemporary architecture and commissioned Brisbane architect JP Donoghue to design a home for her family. The house was also to incorporate rooms for Dr Masel’s general practice, including waiting area, consulting and x-ray rooms and a laboratory. It…