The Pancake Manor

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The Pancake Manor is a restaurant found in Charlotte St of central Brisbane, Australia. Famous for its pancakes for almost 30 years, and its 24-hour service, this restaurant is often used by Brisbane's younger population as a place of refuge during the course of nightly activity.

The building itself is a beautiful example of Romanesque architecture from the architect John Smith Murdock, who designed it in 1903. The Cathedral, built in 1904, was used until 1910 as a temporary site for St Johns Cathedral which was in the process of being reconstructed in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley. From 1910 until the 1950s it was used as the headquarters of the Church of England Mission, who had, until then, rented rooms around Brisbane. The mission, while based here, worked amongst the underprivileged people of Brisbane, providing food and shelter for the destitute, and saving young girls from moral degradation. During this period it housed many clubs including the Newspaper Boys Club, the overseas girls club, and in 1917, an ANZAC Club. The building provided a meeting place for these groups in its basement rooms, and a place for recreational gatherings in its upper cathedral. From the 1950s until 1977 it was no longer used as Mission headquarters, but remained the meeting place for the Synod of Diocese, an Anglican group.

The manor is owned by the Langford family of west end is frequently visited by the langaphant.

In 1979, the cathedral was converted to the restaurant that it is today and continues to act as a refuge for the people of Brisbane, as it has done its for its whole existence.