Heritage property fact sheets

The page links to online content and downloadable fact sheets have been created to provide owners and carers of heritage places with:

• information on conservation
• guidelines to plan for future work.

Heritage listing

• Heritage listing properties in Brisbane (PDF - 506kb)
• Heritage listing properties in Brisbane (Word - 102kb)

Signage

• Designing signage
• Planning new signage

Conservation - general

• Compiling a heritage property maintenance logbook
• Conservation of heritage places
• Developing a housekeeping plan
• Glossary of building terms
• Importance of maintenance
• Preparing a conservation plan

Conservation - technical

Painting

• Analysing paints to identify original colours
• Glossary of terms for paints and finishes
• Scope of painting work
• The painting process
• Traditional types of paints and finishes

Cast iron

• Cast iron in Brisbane (PDF - 1.4Mb)
• Caring for cast iron (PDF - 367kb)

Galvanised iron roofs

• Replacing corrugated iron roofs (PDF - 479kb)

Character

• Altering character houses/buildings
• Identifying garden styles
• Matching carpentry and joinery features
• Recognising housing styles

More information

For more information about heritage properties you can:

• contact Council
• phone Council on 07 3403 8888 to speak to the City Architecture and Heritage team
• write to:
  
  City Architecture and Heritage team
  Brisbane City Council
  GPO Box 1434
  Brisbane Qld 4001.