37 The Best 50 · 2026
Miss Midgley’s
New Farm, QLD
An 1860s heritage home near James Street, converted into five apartments by mother-and-daughter architects Lisa and Izzie White. Original plaster ceilings, Petrie brickwork and mismatched floorboards are kept, and there is a pool and a motor-court car park. The building has also been an orphanage, a premier's residence, a private hospital and a school.
What makes it
- Pool
- Motor-court car park
- Original plaster ceilings and Petrie brickwork