Stately Brisbane mansion Boothville House, formerly Boothville Maternity Hospital, listed for sale

Boothville House, the stately six-bedroom mansion in the Brisbane suburb of Windsor, remains listed for sale. It has a $4.5 million asking price.

It was built in 1887 for the Queensland National Bank to provide residential accommodation for managers, starting with Henry Wallis Glenny. It took its name after its purchase by William Booth, the son of the founder of the Salvation Army, in 1923. It was The Salvation Army-run Boothville Maternity Hospital for 70 years before it was closed in 1994. Some 80,000 babies were born at Boothville.

It was the transformed into a large family home after its restoration by Carbone Developments, which built villas in its then extended grounds. It has sweeping views across Brisbane, plus glass chandeliers, bay windows, fireplaces and crafted timberwork, and its listing agent Gabrielle Trickey of Ray White Paddington says there’s been much buyer interest. Boothville boasts 29 rooms including six bedrooms and seven bathrooms, a gym and a home theatre.

It retains many historical features, from the servants’ bell in the formal dining area to the oxygen panel in the gym, formerly the hospital operating theatre. It was bought by Melita and Drew Mattsson for $2.05 million in 2004. It sold in 2008 for $3.65 million and again in late 2008 to the current vendor, Queensland gas mining magnate Richard Cottee and his wife, Shauna, who paid $4.1 million. The couple divide their time between the UK and a farm outside Lorne on Victoria’s surf coast, where Shauna raises llamas and sheep.