Heritage property fact sheets

This page provides online content and downloadable fact sheets to guide owners and managers to care for Local heritage places.

Owning a Local heritage place

In Brisbane, heritage places are identified as either Local heritage places or State heritage places. 

Brisbane City Council has prepared a fact sheet for owners and managers of Local heritage places:

• Owning a Local heritage place fact sheet (Word – 101Mb)

The Queensland Government provides information on State heritage places. For more information about Queensland heritage places visit www.qld.gov.au and search ‘heritage places’.

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 management 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)

Roofing

• Replacing corrugated iron roofs (PDF - 479kb)

Signage

• Designing signage
• Planning new signage
• Advertising Devices Local Law 2021

Other fact sheets

• Identifying garden styles
• Matching carpentry and joinery features
• Replacing asbestos-containing sheeting in Local heritage places (Word - 742kb)
• Working with Brisbane Tuff (Word - 9.4Mb)

More information

For more information about Local heritage places you can:

• contact Council
• phone Council on 07 3403 8888 and ask to speak to the Heritage Policy team.