All Hallows' School Buildings Mercy as their head convent and principal school and the school community. All Hallows' School Buildings All Hallows' School Buildings are a heritage-listed group of Roman Catholic private school buildings at 547 Ann Street, Fortitude Valley, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. They were designed by a number of notable Brisbane architects and were constructed over many years. The earliest is the All Hallows Convent, also known as Adderton. The buildings were added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. All Hallows' Convent and School was established in 1863 on Petrie Bight, as the first permanent site of the
All-Hallows-the-Great as All-Hallows-the-Less. The earliest surviving reference is in a charter of Bishop Gilbert of London in 1100–07, as "" (All Saints that is called Seamen's church, in London). Other early records refer to the church by a number of names, including All Hallows the More, All Hallows Thames Street, All Hallows in the Hay and All Hallows in the Ropery. According to John Stow, the latter descriptions were given because hay was sold at the nearby Hay Wharf and ropes were made in the high street. All-Hallows-the-Great was also the church of the German community of the nearby Steelyard, since