Jimbour Homestead
Jimbour is a heritage-listed homestead on one of the earliest stations established on the Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia, It is important in demonstrating the pattern of early European exploration and pastoral settlement in Queensland, Australia. The building is associated with the development of the Darling Downs and of the pastoral industry in Queensland and is important in demonstrating the wealth and ambition of early Queensland pastoralists.
| Jimbour | |
|---|---|
North facing view of Jimbour | |
| General information | |
| Type | Residential |
| Architectural style | French colonial |
| Location | Darling Downs |
| Address | 86 Jimbour Station Road, Jimbour |
| Coordinates | 26.96120°S 151.23527°E |
| Completed | 1877 |
| Renovated | 1923–1925 |
| Cost | £30,000 (1877) |
| Owner | Russell Pastoral Company |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | Sandstone |
| Floor count | 2 |
| Floor area | 2,136 m² |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Richard George Suter and Annesley Wesley Voysey |
| Main contractor | Joshua Peter Bell |
Jimbour House was an ambitious structure in terms of size, style and finish and was intended to support the social and political aspirations of Joshua Peter Bell, an important politician and businessman as well as grazier. It is unique in Queensland as the only genuinely grand country house in the English manner to be built in the state. Other substantial stone homesteads of the era, such as Talgai, Glengallan and Westbrook, came nowhere near to rivalling Jimbour in either size or opulence.