The original Cintra, a two-storeyed Georgian influenced stone house, was built in 1863-64 for George Dudley Webb to a design by Benjamin Backhouse.
It comprised four rooms on each level, surrounded by a ground floor verandah.

In 1877 the property was bought by Boyd Dunlop Morehead, a successful pastoralist and businessman who was Premier of Queensland 1888–1890.
He was also the uncle of P.L. Travers who is best known as the author of the Mary Poppins series of children's books.
To accommodate his growing family, Morehead extended the house to the south.
This extension now forms a separate residence.
A rear service wing is thought to have been built in the 1870s.
Possibly about 1890 he added the faceted bay on the eastern side.
The old verandah was replaced with two-storeyed verandahs along the northern and western sides.

Morehead died in 1905 and in 1912 Cintra was acquired by railway contractor and businessman Acheson Overend.
In 1925 he sold Cintra which was then divided into two, the connection to the southern extension being dismantled.
The southern extension eventually, with alterations and additions, became the Cintra Nursing Home.

Cintra House became Our Lady of Victories Convent in 1927.
During World War II the American army used the bungalow (but not the main house) as a photographic laboratory.
From 1966 to 1973 it was the headquarters of the Queensland Motor Sporting Club.
In 1973 it was purchased by Noel Kratzman and refurbished.
It then became Cintra House Galleries until 1987 when it returned to its original use as a family home.
The original Cintra, a two-storeyed Georgian influenced stone house, was built in 1863-64 for George Dudley Webb to a design by Benjamin Backhouse. It comprised four rooms on each level, surrounded by a ground floor verandah.
In 1877 the property was bought by Boyd Dunlop Morehead, a successful pastoralist and businessman who was Premier of Queensland 1888–1890. He was also the uncle of P.L. Travers who is best known as the author of the Mary Poppins series of children's books. To accommodate his growing family, Morehead extended the house to the south. This extension now forms a separate residence. A rear service wing is thought to have been built in the 1870s. Possibly about 1890 he added the faceted bay on the eastern side. The old verandah was replaced with two-storeyed verandahs along the northern and western sides.
Morehead died in 1905 and in 1912 Cintra was acquired by railway contractor and businessman Acheson Overend. In 1925 he sold Cintra which was then divided into two, the connection to the southern extension being dismantled. The southern extension eventually, with alterations and additions, became the Cintra Nursing Home.
Cintra House became Our Lady of Victories Convent in 1927. During World War II the American army used the bungalow (but not the main house) as a photographic laboratory. From 1966 to 1973 it was the headquarters of the Queensland Motor Sporting Club. In 1973 it was purchased by Noel Kratzman and refurbished. It then became Cintra House Galleries until 1987 when it returned to its original use as a family home.
Cintra House