Britannia Hotel, 281-287 Swanston Street & 258-268 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Butler, Graeme1985
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Britannia Hotel, 281-287 Swanston Street & 258-268 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
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1985
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BIF-CITY 109302
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Series: Central City (BIF-CITY)
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2023:__________________________________________________DATE: 1920-1921;ASSOCIATIONS: James Dynon estate;DESIGNER: Beaver & Purnell;BUILDER: Reynolds BrothersPeriod: Inter-WarConstruction date: 1920Notable features: Tower roof unusual (conclave), fully cantilevered oriel; some glass ground level - tiled dado____________________________________GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM cites PPT;_______________________________________CITY OF MELBOURNE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONSIndex1920 Sep, 2952 ₤10,000 new hotel1932 13744 ₤900 alts etc._______________________________________City of Melbourne online maps 2017The former Brittania Hotel and later the Manor House Hotel. A three storey brick building with ground level retail and upper floor offices. Built for the glass and china merchant James Dynon in 1920. It remained a hotel until 1989 when it refurbished and converted to its present state._______________________________________CONTEXT (WITH GJM HERITAGE) 2020, HODDLE GRID HERITAGE REVIEW281-287 Swanston Street contributory to Drewery Lane precinctThis corner site was occupied from the 1860s by the Britannia Hotel (also referred to as the Britannia Inn) until its refurbishment in 1989 when it was converted to retail and office use. The current building replaced an earlier two-storey structure that occupied the corner site with frontages to Lonsdale and Swanston Streets (Department of Lands and Survey, 1866)...The Britannia Hotel at 281-287 Swanston Street, the only remaining hotel of three previously in this part of Swanston Street._______________________________________NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)1921BIG CITY FIRE.… scaffolding erected in connection with the rebuilding of the Britannia Hotel, at the corner of Swanston aud Lonsdale streets, was black with onlookers....1923Great Southern Advocate (Korumburra, Vic. : 1889 - 1906, 1914 - 1940)Thursday 11 October 1923 - Page 3https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/257225648Where to Stop. WHEN IN MELBOURNE.Well-known to Gippslanders is "Dick'' Mates, formerly of Wonthaggi, Kilcunda and other Gippsland towns. He is now proprietor ot tiie Britannia Hotel, Swanston Street, Melbourne, where he will be pleased to welcome old and new friends. During the past few weeks the Britannia Hotel has been a rendezvous for country visitors who can there find a home away from home. It is Mr Mates' intention to cater specially for country visitors to the city, and those who intend visiting the metropolis on business or pleasure will be well advised to secure accommodation at this fine, comfortable house. The Britannia hotel has only been recently rebuilt in the most modern lines. It is a big three-story building with many bedroom in the most convenient part of the city, corner of Swanston and Lonsdale streets, opposite the Melbourne Hospital. Needless to say the tariff is moderate.
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