La Scala is a heritage-listed detached house at 517 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

[1] In 1923 he moved his practice to Wickham Terrace but continued to live in the house, renting out the ground floor to another doctor.

[1] La Scala is a three-storeyed timber building which sits on a narrow corner site overlooking Brunswick Street and has a hipped terracotta tiled roof with decorative finials.

[1] Verandahs on levels two and three have been enclosed with timber screens and an assortment of louvred, casement, sliding and hopper windows.

The internal timber stair balustrade consists of wide battens with a stylised tulip fretwork motif, and the bay has casement windows.

The lounge and dining rooms on level two, separated by a timber screen, have the most ornate ceilings consisting of borders of fruit.

[1] La Scala is significant for the unusual scale and form of the building and retaining walls and the contribution these elements make to the Brunswick Street streetscape.

La Scala is significant for the unusual scale and form of the building and retaining walls and the contribution these elements make to the Brunswick Street streetscape.

[1] The place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland's history.