Stage Number: MBNH.09.01.102
Group: Old Town & River
Local Study Area: Brisbane City (CBD)
Epoch: Early 20th Century
Street Address: 254 Edward St, Brisbane City
Latitude & Longitude: -27.46766667,153.02619444
Time Link: 1936
Map Link: 1942
Image Time Point: 1942
The Shingle Inn teahouse/café opened in leased premises at 254 Edward St in 1936. It soon became a City landmark, popular for its hot drinks and, especially, for its cakes. On 3 august 2002, it was forced to close, as the old building housing it was being demolished for the Queen’s Plaza redevelopment. The heritage-listed cafe fittings were put into storage at Kelvin Grove, with the belief that the ‘Shingle Inn’ would be reinstated in ‘Queen’s Plaza’. Its iconic glass shopfront could not be saved. After 8 years of negotiations, on 4 June 2010, the Bellchambers family, the cafe owners gifted the fit-out to the poeople of Brisbane. It was relocatted to City Hall. as part of the 2010-12 City Hall Restoration project. This is a return to the ‘facadism’ approach to heritage of the Bjelke-Petersen era.
SHINGLE INN – OUR HISTORY https://www.shingleinn.com/about/
QSA. QSA Series ID 2058 Moreton District Maps – A Series. 4 miles to the inch. Moreton District. Sheet 1. 4 miles to the inch. Survey Office, Brisbane. 634925