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This property across the road from Christopher Skase’s former mansion in Dickson Tce, Hamilton, is for sale.

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PROMINENT Queensland barrister Tony Morris QC has listed the Hamilton Hill home he bought the same year his former neighbour, Christopher Skase, built his iconic mansion across the road.

Morris has owned the property in affluent Dickson Terrace for nearly 35 years, and it comes complete with a purpose-built bomb shelter and some of the best views in Brisbane.

Barrister Tony Morris QC has listed this property in Dickson Tce, Hamilton.

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Records show Morris paid just $480,000 for the four-bedroom, Mediterranean-style house on 853 sqm in 1988.

The property offers grand living rooms, a formal dining room opening out to a balcony with a river view, a downstairs art studio that could be converted to a granny-flat, and an over-engineered lawn above the garage.

The property was designed in Mediterranean style by architect, Mervyn Rylance.

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Brett Greensill of McGrath Estate Agents has the listing.

Mr Greensill said the home was “more or less in original condition”, with Morris being only the second owner since it was built in the 1930s by renowned architect, Mervyn Rylance.

Tony Morris QC has owned the Hamilton Hill property for nearly 35 years. Photo: Dan Peled.

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The home is for sale without a price guide, but Mr Greensill said interest had been around the $4m mark — mostly from locals who understood the value of the property’s location.

“I’ve described it as the Point Piper of Brisbane,” he said. “This precinct is regarded as very valuable real estate. It’s a bit like buying the worst house in the best street.”

The view from Dickson Tce, Hamilton.

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Mr Greensill said the home needed a major renovation and a buyer who was ready to guide it into the “next stage of life”.

The listing comes as hotels kingpin Steven Shoobridge shuts down rumours he was considering selling the old Christopher Skase mansion in Brisbane that he bought in 2018.

The huge wall around the home disgraced businessman, Christopher Skase, built in Dickson Tce, Hamilton. Image: Attila Csaszar.

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Mr Shoobridge paid $10.138m for the lavish compound built by the disgraced businessman, and has since been renovating the property.

At the time, the deal didn’t include the adjoining 538 sqm property with a tennis court on a separate title, but the hotelier eventually acquired that also for a figure believed to be about $2.5m.

An aerial image of the former home of Christopher Skase at 36 Dickson Tce, Hamilton.

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Built at a reported cost of $35m in 1988, “Bromley” is a lavish, nine-bedroom mansion in Dickson Terrace.

Mr Shoobridge runs the Star Group, Queensland’s biggest independent hospitality group with 18 hotels and 46 bottle shops.