page_title: St Johns Wood, Queensland
section_title: The Harding Settlement
hierarchical_section_title: St Johns Wood, Queensland / St Johns Wood estate / The Harding Settlement
caption_attribution_description: English: In 1864 Daniel Rowntree Somerset purchased the land and built his “U“ shaped house with granite external walls and shingle roof and it is he who named the Estate St John’s Wood. He resided there for four years, leaving after the death of his wife. The next occupier was George Rogers Harding, initially a young Barrister who became a prominent Judge. Harding then carried out major extensions to the residence, out-houses and yards. This is a photo of the Residence with the alterations in 1880s. The dwelling on the right is known as the "Cedar House", which was moved in 1926 to an adjacent site and shortly afterwards accidentally burnt down.
context_page_description: St Johns Wood is a neighbourhood within the suburb of Ashgrove in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
  A small residential pocket at the base of Taylor Range, it is embraced by a loop of Enoggera Creek and by the Ashgrove Golf Club, Brisbane City Council Reserve and the Enoggera Barracks. The locality was originally inhabited by the Indigenous Turrbal people before it opened up to European settlement during the second land-sales of the district in 1858, with the homestead called St John's Wood House founded in 1864. It remains and occupies a small parcel of land within the locality, with the remainder being subdivided into housing allotments. Additionally, it is home to St Johns Wood Scout Group and The Woods Early Education Centre & Pre-school. The neighbourhood is accessed by either vehicular bridge, bikepath or footbridge. A prominent controversy for St Johns Wood surrounds the question of whether Princes Albert and George visited St Johns Wood on their visit to Brisbane in 1881.
context_section_description: Somerset leased, in May 1868, Portions 164, 165 and 381 to the next occupier being George Rogers Harding, initially a young barrister who became a prominent Judge. Harding proceeded to purchase the property on 27 January 1874. He extended the Homestead, which became known as "The Granite House," by adding a ballroom by infilling the space between the two wings, constructed a separate adjacent building consisting mostly of bedrooms for his growing family which became known as the "Cedar House" due to the type of timber used in the construction, extended the Service Wing by two bedrooms for maids and men and added stables and yards. He established an Orange Orchard on land across the Creek and purchased adjacent properties to increase his landholdings.  The original property comprised a drawing room, dining room, large hall, smaller hall, library, "best" bedroom, dressing room, bachelor's room, seven other bedrooms, pantry, lumber room, two servants’ rooms, kitchen, laundry and stables. Some of these rooms would have been in the adjacent building.
caption: Cedar House, right
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