# Richard Gailey

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{{Short description|Irish-born Australian architect}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}
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|name                 = Richard Gailey
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|caption              = Richard Gailey (1834–1924)
|birth_date           = {{Birth date|1834|4|22|df=yes}}
|birth_place          = [County Donegal](/source/County_Donegal), Ireland
|death_date           = {{death date and age|1924|4|24|1834|4|22|df=yes}}
|death_place          = [Brisbane](/source/Brisbane), [Australia](/source/Australia)
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|practice             = 
|significant_buildings= Brisbane Girls Grammar School
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'''Richard Gailey, Sr.''' (22 April 1834 – 24 April 1924) was an Irish-born Australian architect.

Gailey was born in [County Donegal](/source/County_Donegal), Ireland and emigrated to Australia in 1864, becoming an influential and prolific architect in colonial-era Brisbane. He died in [Brisbane](/source/Brisbane) on 24 April 1924, two days after his ninetieth birthday, and is buried in [Cleveland Cemetery](/source/Cleveland_Cemetery) along with his wife Mary, née Rice.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122043128 |title=DOYEN ARCHITECT. |newspaper=[Queensland Times](/source/Queensland_Times) |volume=LXV |issue=11,690 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=26 April 1924 |accessdate=17 January 2017 |page=7 (DAILY.) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1306291 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=[The Brisbane Courier](/source/The_Brisbane_Courier) |volume=XXIII |issue=3,428 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=24 September 1868 |accessdate=17 January 2017 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

==Body of work==
His substantial body of work includes many commercial and residential buildings in Brisbane that today are considered colonial treasures. Some of these include:

* [Wickham Hotel](/source/Wickham_Hotel) at [Fortitude Valley](/source/Fortitude_Valley) (1885)<ref>{{cite QHR|14988|Wickham Hotel|600213|accessdate=22 November 2014}}</ref>
* [Regatta Hotel](/source/Regatta_Hotel) at [Toowong](/source/Toowong) (1886)<ref>{{cite QHR|15106|Regatta Hotel|600331|accessdate=22 November 2014}}</ref>
* [Jubilee Hotel](/source/Jubilee_Hotel) at [Fortitude Valley](/source/Fortitude_Valley) (1887)<ref>{{cite QHR|14986|Jubilee Hotel|600211|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref>
* [Watson Brothers Building](/source/Watson_Brothers_Building) in [Brisbane City](/source/Brisbane_City%2C_Queensland) (1887)<ref>{{cite QHR|14901|Watson Brothers Building|600126|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref>
* [Sandgate Baptist Church](/source/Sandgate_Baptist_Church) (1887)<ref>{{cite QHR|4039|Sandgate Baptist Church (former)|602424|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref>
* [Prince Consort Hotel](/source/Prince_Consort_Hotel) at [Fortitude Valley](/source/Fortitude_Valley) (1888)<ref>{{cite QHR|14987|Prince Consort Hotel|600212|accessdate=2 June 2009}}</ref> 
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* [Moorlands](/source/Moorlands%2C_Auchenflower) at [Auchenflower](/source/Auchenflower%2C_Queensland) (1892)<ref>{{cite QHR|14827|Moorlands|600052|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref>
* [Brisbane Girl's Grammar School](/source/Brisbane_Girls_Grammar_School) at [Spring Hill](/source/Spring_Hill%2C_Queensland)
* Empire Hotel in [Fortitude Valley](/source/Fortitude_Valley)
* [Orient Hotel](/source/Orient_Hotel%2C_Brisbane) in Queen Street (formerly the Excelsior)
* Oddfellows Hall at Fortitude Valley
*[Baroona Labor Hall](/source/Baroona_Labor_Hall) in Caxton Street
*[Musgrave House](/source/Musgrave_House) at [Shorncliffe](/source/Shorncliffe%2C_Queensland)
* Masonic Hall at [Toowong](/source/Toowong)
* [Sandgate Town Hall](/source/Sandgate_Town_Hall)
* Windermere, 14 Sutherland Avenue [Ascot](/source/Ascot%2C_Queensland)
* Thomas Dixon Centre (Previously Thomas Dixon Company -Bootmaker) - West End

In addition to his architectural work, Gailey was also a licensed surveyor and responsible for surveying and laying out the town of [Bowen](/source/Bowen%2C_Queensland).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98066533 |title=Latest Telegrams |newspaper=[Western Star And Roma Advertiser](/source/Western_Star_And_Roma_Advertiser) |issue=5744 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=26 April 1924 |accessdate=17 January 2017 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25536952 |title=DEATH OF MB. B. GAILEY. |newspaper=[The Queenslander](/source/The_Queenslander) |issue=5909 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=3 May 1924 |accessdate=17 January 2017 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

==Characteristics of Gailey's work==
Gailey's work combines the practical value in a sub-tropical environment of high-thermal mass masonry walls with the aesthetic value of finely detailed arches creating a wide veranda to shade the load-bearing walls from the sun during the hottest part of the day. This is best seen in the Brisbane Girls Grammar School.

<gallery>
Image:BGGS Main Bldg June 2011.jpg|[Brisbane Girls Grammar School](/source/Brisbane_Girls_Grammar_School) Main Bldg, Spring Hill, 2011.
Image:Regatta Hotel.JPG|[Regatta Hotel](/source/Regatta_Hotel) 
</gallery>

A cost-reducing alternative to masonry arches is seen in commercial buildings like the [Regatta Hotel](/source/Regatta_Hotel%2C_Brisbane). The wrought-iron filigree lacework replaces the masonry arches of the outer veranda. This elegant and practical approach has become known as [Queenslander](/source/Queenslander_(architecture)) architecture. Its use became widespread in early Queensland residential properties of substance.

==Gailey Road, Taringa==
Richard Gailey owned property in the area that came to be known as [Taringa](/source/Taringa%2C_Queensland). His name is commemorated in Gailey Road.

==See also==
* [:Category:Richard Gailey buildings](/source/%3ACategory%3ARichard_Gailey_buildings) for his works

==References==
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Category:Federation architects
Category:Architects from County Donegal
Category:Irish emigrants to colonial Australia
Category:19th-century Australian architects
Category:20th-century Australian architects

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