Francis Edward Bigge, Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, who purchased the site in August 1851.

By 1862 the building had been leased by publican William Rae as the Brighton Hotel, with its own bathing-house and jetty, and 10-metric-ton (9.8-long-ton; 11-short-ton) pleasure cutter.

[1] In 1878 the property was acquired by publicans Andrew and Mary Goodall, and the hotel appears to have been extended to the southeast.

[1] The Grand View Hotel, a complex of buildings with a predominant two-storeyed masonry section built up to the footpath line on North Street, is located on the spur leading to Cleveland Point and overlooks water on three sides.

[1] Open verandahs on each level of the two-storeyed section face the street, returning around the northeast elevation.

The upper level, structurally intact, includes an ornate fireplace and has been adapted as private living quarters.

A large room with a marble and tiled fireplace opens to the northeast through French doors, with casement windows above, which may date from the 1850s.

[1] The public bar contains a series of miniature wall paintings depicting local historical events.

[1] The Grand View Hotel was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria.

The place has a special association with FE Bigge and the movement to establish Cleveland as the port for Moreton Bay, and Ipswich as the capital.