Royal Standard Hotel, 333 William Street, West Melbourne
Butler, Graeme14 Jan 1985
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Royal Standard Hotel, 333 William Street, West Melbourne
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14 Jan 1985
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BIF-NORTH 110111
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Grading as at 1985 : CPeriod : Early Victorian (1865)Grantee : W Hill 1865The Royal Standard Hotel had only one owner, the original grantee of the allotment - William Hill, for the first thirty years or more of its life (1865-1896) and one publican for most of that time, John Williams. After 1885 other publicans included Mrs. McInerney, Samuel Houston and Alfred Hardham (refer to Albert Hotel 195-7 Victoria Street). William Hill applied to construct as both owner and builder in February 1865: following with a further application to build 3 houses at the rear of the hotel in 1866 (24-28 Milton Street) [Melbourne Building Permit Applications 703/1865, 1644/1866]A two-storeyed stuccoed brick hotel and former shop with a corniced parapet, flat window pediments and smooth rustication to the lower level and as quoins.Architecturally, an early, symmetrical and successful façade, after the commercial manner of Leonard Terry, deriving from the Italian Renaissance Palazzo form: of regional importance. Historically, as a hotel, the social centre of the locality, being typically corner-sited and part of a comprehensive development by Hill of his grant: of local importance.
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| Type | Reference No. | Extent | Status/Desc |
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| Original | 110111 | 1 PDF ; A4 | Group of Items (May not be issued, may not be reproduced) |