Bald Rock Hotel

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Bald Rock Hotel
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Bald Rock Hotel
General information
StatusCompleted
Type Australian pub
Architectural style
Location15 17 Mansfield Street, Rozelle, New South Wales
CountryAustralia
Coordinates 33°51′51″S151°10′45″E / 33.864242°S 151.179121°E / -33.864242; 151.179121
Opened1876 (1876)
Technical details
Material Sydney sandstone
Website
www.baldrockhotel.com.au

The Bald Rock Hotel is a heritage-listed pub in the suburb of Rozelle, overlooking White Bay in the inner west region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is the oldest continuously licensed hotel still operating in the Balmain and Rozelle area. [1]

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History

Bald Rock was originally a suburb within the municipality of Balmain, so named because of the lack of vegetation in the area. The hotel was built in 1876 and prior to landfill occupied a position close to the Bald Rock ferry, which carried passengers from Balmain to Erskine Street wharf in Sydney city. [2]

The pub is listed on the Inner West Council local government heritage register. The three-storey building with facestone work to ground level has a simple hung awning over the street. The original construction was in the Victorian Filigree style, however removal of the upper level balcony and other modifications now leave a building in the Victorian Free Classical style. The hotel has retained the original sandstone interior. [3]

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References

  1. Davidson, B; Hamey, K; Nicholls, D (1991). Called To The Bar - 150 Years of pubs in Balmain & Rozelle. The Balmain Association. ISBN   0-9599502-6-5.
  2. Bald Rock Hotel website; Accessed October 2006
  3. "Bald Rock Hotel". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment . Retrieved 1 October 2006. CC BY icon.svg Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence .