Colonial Bank Hotel, also Hotel Barclay, 317-321 Little Collins Street, Melbourne
Butler, Graeme1985
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Colonial Bank Hotel, also Hotel Barclay, 317-321 Little Collins Street, Melbourne
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2022:__________________________________________________Period: Late VictorianDATE: 1891-2;ASSOCIATIONS: Balcombe, Mrs;DESIGNER: Hyndman & Bates;BUILDER: Brown, R CNotable features: 1. Relates strongly to City of Melbourne Building, probably same designer of Winfield Building - pediments & tower to parapet.GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM cites parapet date;78 MURPHY ARCHITECTS, JOHN AND PHYLLIS 1976. HISTORIC BUILDINGS STUDY OF PART OF THE C.B.D. MELBOURNE : { AREA 1} WITH MURPHY, JOCK, FOR HISTORIC BUILDINGS PRESERVATION COUNCIL, p1- Bank Hotel, former Colonial Hotel 1893 section 7.21. ;The 1877 Mahlstedt map shows the site of the Colonial Bank Hotel site being formerly occupied by Smith's Hotel. Although the existing building is· marked 1891, it shows in the Rate Books as a hotel of twelve rooms at that date and occupied by A. Levy. It was owned at this time by Mrs. Balcombe who had inherited a considerable amount of property from her husband, and the narrow street at the side is known as Balcombe Place to this day.In 1892 the Hotel is missing from the rate books but land is owned by Mrs. Balcombe and 1893 the Colonial Bank Hotel is shown as thirty rooms. It appears, then, to have been rebuilt at this stage but it has kept its earlier date on the facade·This building, complete with turret, makes a splendid pair with the City of Melbourne Building. Both are decorative red brick buildings, ornate and very expressive of the elaborate boom period. The original name was taken from the Colonial Bank which used to be on the north-east corner of Little Collins Street and Elizabeth Street, although it has since been named the Hotel Barclay and is now used as offices and shops .cites1. M.C.C. Rate Books, Latrobe Ward No. 776, 1891.2. M.C.C. Rate Books, Latrobe Ward No. 788, 1892.3. M.C.C. Rate Books, Latrobe Ward No. 799, 1893..LEWIS, M- AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE INDEXBalcombe:Records 76672 Balcombe, Alexander Melbourne VIC Houses; Shops Fox & Galbraith - Melbourne 1854 12 18 207776696 Balcombe, A B Melbourne VIC Houses; Shops Leech, Robert - 2 Little Napier St. Coll. 1857 01 5 576902 Hyndman & Bates Balcombe, Mrs Melbourne VIC Hotels; Shops; Warehouses Brown, R C - Chancery Lane 1891 10 9 5239 MCC registration no 5239 [Burchett Index]. Fee 16.0.0 hotel, warehouse & five shops, Little Collins - Colonial Bank Hotel.NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)South Australian Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1895)Saturday 10 May 1890 - Page 12https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/91277348MELBOURNE HOTEL ROBBERY.Melbourne, May 5. An extensive robbery was committed this afternoon in the Colonial Bank Hotel, Little Collins-street. When the proprietor (Mr. Andrew Levy) returned home after doing Borne business in the city he found that his bedroom had been broken Into….The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957)Saturday 15 August 1891 - Page 2COLONIAL BANK HOTELLittle Collins street Near Elizabeth street, CityJ S HOLTZ and Co SELL by PUBLIC AUCTION,under instructions from Mr Andrew Levi, Furniture and effects of the above hotelWithout the slightest reserveTerms Cash...(former hotel on the site).The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954)Wednesday 12 August 1891 - Page 1TEMPORARY BAR. Andrew Levy, licensee of the Colonial Bank Hotel, Little Collins street, applied for a temporary bar during the erection of new premises. The application was granted..The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957)Saturday 10 December 1892 - Page 7https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8491089CARRYING FIREARMS WITHOUT PERMISSION.Thomas M'Naughton, bookmaker, who is alleged to have threatened to shoot a bar maid at the Colonial Bank Hotel, Little Collins-street, on the 5th inst., was brought before Mr Panton, P.M at the City Court yesterday, and lined 25 or one month's imprisonment for carrying firearms without the permission of the local authorities. The fine was paid ….The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931)Tuesday 6 December 1892 - Page 5https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/208445419A PUBLIC-HOUSE QUARREL.A BARMAID ASSAULTED. Melbourne, December 5.A young man named McNaughton, describing himself as a bookmaker, entered the Colonial Bank Hotel this afternoon and had a quarrel with a bar maid. He slapped her on the face and she left to go upstairs to avoid him, when he threatened to shoot a constable called in, and made him turn out with a revolver he was carrying, the six chambers of which were loaded. He had in his possession 40 rounds of ball cartridges. He will appear to-morrow at the police court on the charge of carrying firearms in a public place….Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918, 1935)Saturday 22 June 1895 - Page 23https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/197435266FIRE IN THE CITY.In the Colonial. Bank Hotel, No. 321- Little Collins-street.….Looking at the building which is a fine brick edifice occupying the-whole of the space between Colonial, Bank-lane and Block place, and consisting of a ground and three upper floors…https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9363072Evans the licensee of the hotel since rebuilding 3 years ago – the contents were no longer insured…the owners (Mesdames Murphy, Quick and Emmerton) had ₤7000 insurance policy however on the building..1898https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/124151463HALF-HOLIDAY IN MELBOURNE...Mr. Thomas Evans, licensee of the Colonial Bank Hotel, Little Collins street, was charged with not allowing four of his employees, named Agnes Shannon, Alice Fall, Kate Horby, and Matilda Geddie, to have a half-holiday on the week ending January 29th last. The girls explained that they were at liberty to go out when they pleased, as long as there was no rush of business, and they were quite satisfied with the arrangement….
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