Historic Braeside
An elegant older style timber chapel

A wedding in the charming timber chapel at Braeside
is the perfect way to capture the timeless
elegance, simplicity and intimacy of a Queensland
country wedding at a lovely setting claimed to
be one of the most historical on the Gold Coast.

                                              Photo: courtesy Maureen Haynes  

It is likely that the original owner of Braeside was
James Cockerill who spent one hundred pounds to build a
four room house with kitchen on the land.

Braeside in Scottish legend means a sloping hill and
owners Helene and Bob Hutchinson,
who purchased the property from the Gooding family
in 1999, have completed a renovation of the
old house and added the beautiful chapel with its spotted
gum timber floor and hand crafted hoop pine church pews.

The landscaped acreage gardens are typical of a
Queensland country setting in a natural environment.
A meandering creek separates Braeside from the
Lakelands Golf Course. You will find masses of
trees including majestic pines, jacarandas, poinciana,
very old and rare tibouchina, delicate flowering blue water lilies.
An abundance of ducks, water fowl and bird life also
occupy this secluded old world property.

Scottish piper Neil Nielsen who often plays at
Braeside is a grandson of John Davidson whose
family actually bought the Braeside property in
approximately 1916. Neil talks a lot about the messages
he delivered by horse to Braeside on his way to and from
the Merrimac state school built on land donated by the Davidson
family. His family lived on another property
where nearby Palm Meadows is now situated.