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No change to Regent Theatre heritage listing
The Queensland Heritage Council today announced there would be no extension to the heritage listing boundary of Brisbane’s Regent Theatre on Queen Street.
QHC Chair David Eades said an application had been received to enter the Regent’s Cinema One and associated bar area in the Queensland heritage register.
“Unlike the Regent’s entrance foyer and grand staircase which was entered in the register in 1992, the cinema and bar do not meet the criteria for heritage listing,” he said.
“The cinema and bar were built in 1978-80 and decorated with replicas and some parts salvaged from the Regent’s demolition.
“Although the cinema conjures up some of the style of the original Regent, it doesn’t come close to the scale, atmosphere and flamboyance of what Brisbane lost nearly 30 years ago.”
Mr Eades said the Heritage Council met with the applicants who submitted the nomination, the developer’s representatives and others and closely considered all aspects of the proposal.
“This was not a decision that the Heritage Council took lightly,” he said.
“But the Heritage Council must weigh nominations against specific criteria and consider the significance to the state as a whole.”
Mr Eades said the latest QHC decision would not alter the heritage-listing of the Regent’s entrance foyer and grand staircase.
“We can all be assured that any development applications for the Regent site will conserve the state heritage-listed sections of the building.
“There is a great opportunity for new life to be breathed into this heritage place for the enjoyment of all Queenslanders now and into the future.”
The Queensland Heritage Council is the state’s independent peak body and advisor on heritage matters and determines what places are entered in the Queensland heritage register.
Places that are entered in the heritage register are considered of importance to Queensland’s history and are protected under heritage legislation.
Date: 17 November 2009