Bishop's Lodge is a heritage-listed house at 13 St James Drive, Belgian Gardens, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

[1] Townsville was established in November, 1864 by partners John Melton Black and Robert Towns and was gazetted as a port of entry in 1865.

It grew quickly as a supply centre and by 1873 the port was receiving international as well as coastal traffic.

A Reverend Searle visited intermittently from Bowen and requested the appointment of an incumbent to the parish of Townsville.

Before becoming ordained, he carried out a lay ministry for 18 months in the slums of London, an influence that remained with him for life.

A strong belief in the value of the work being done by the Brotherhood to spread religion in the outback and a care for its people were distinctive marks of his episcopate.

[2] In the 1960s he was designated by the Synod of the Diocese of North Queensland for liturgical commemoration and styled "Blessed John Oliver Feetham".

The Bishop's Lodge is a large timber building situated on an exposed northerly ridge of Castle Hill.

[1] The architect has used this position to advantage, creating a striking house which is a flamboyant blend of Victorian Gothic and vernacular architecture; perhaps appropriate for an English church transplanted to tropical Australia.

It is set on low stumps and has steeply pitched gabled roofs clad in corrugated iron and topped with large decorative ventilators.

A wide passage through the centre of the building serves as a breezeway linking the front and rear verandahs, and effectively divides the house into two parts, with bedrooms on one side and living areas on the other.

These extend across the verandah and are supported by decorative bracketed posts, creating two bays between which the central section runs.

[1] Bishop's Lodge was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria.

The Lodge has aesthetic value as a good example of a high quality, well detailed and fashionable residence of its era and was designed by one of North Queensland 's leading architectural firms.