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St Martin's House is a heritage-listed former hospital located at 373 Ann Street, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia. It sits within the grounds of St John's Cathedral. ==History== In 1920, architect Lange Powell won the competition for the St Martin's War Memorial Hospital. Powell was known to be skillful with pen, ink work and watercolour render, therefore he submitted a perspective rendering of the hospital which was described by the Most Reverened St Clair Donaldson, Archbishop of Brisbane, as "a gem in architecture".〔'Lange L. Powell, Architect', Kerr, Margaret F.; pgs: 33-35, Faculty of Architecture, University of Queensland, February 1957〕 The proposed site was on Wickham Terrace where Anzac House now stands, but it was rejected because it was considered too far out of town. Powell designed it with a close; however it was proven to be irrelevant in some ways as it cuts off air ventilation to the patient's room. The hospital is constructed using mainly bricks and stone on solid rock foundations. Thomas Keenan and Son were assigned as the contractors of the project.〔 On 28 November 1922 the hospital was officially opened and dedicated by the then Governor-General of Australia, Lord Forster.〔 The hospital was closed in June 1971 and the patients were relocated to a new hospital at Zillmere. It was then planned to demolish the building, but this was averted due to a public campaign to "Save St Martin's".〔 In November 1990, after renovations, St Martin's House was reopened as the administrative headquarters for the Anglican diocese. The top floor was converted into residential accommodation for the precentor.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St Martin's House」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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