Melbourne Hotel

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Melbourne Hotel
Melbourne Hotel Perth.jpg
Viewed from intersection of Murray and Milligan streets in 2018
Melbourne Hotel
Alternative namesOld Melbourne Hotel
General information
TypeHotel
Architectural style Federation Free Classical
LocationCorner Hay Street and Milligan Street
Address942 Hay Street
Town or city Perth, Western Australia
Coordinates 31°57′06″S115°51′06″E / 31.951543°S 115.851552°E / -31.951543; 115.851552 (Melbourne Hotel) OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
OpenedApril 1897
Renovated1971, 1994–95, 1997, 2015–2018
Client John De Baun
OwnerOaksfield Pty Ltd
Technical details
Floor count3
Design and construction
Architecture firm Peter John Wilson
Renovating team
Architect(s) Oldham, Boas, Ednie-Brown (1994–95), Buchan Group (2015–2018)
Website
www.melbournehotel.com.au OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
TypeState Registered Place
Designated21 January 1997
Reference no. 2005

The Melbourne Hotel is a heritage listed landmark hotel in Perth, Western Australia. The hotel is located on the corner of Hay Street and Milligan Street. [1]

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History

In the 1890s, in the wake of the Western Australian gold rush, American-born mining investor and hotelier John De Baun (1852–1912) moved to Perth with the intent of investing in real estate. [1] [2] In 1896, he purchased the Eagle Tavern on the corner of Hay Street and Milligan Street from the Swan Brewery Company, and demolished it. [1] [2] De Braun engaged Fremantle-based architect Peter John Wilson (1869–1918) to design a new hotel to replace it. [3] [4] The building is designed in the Federation Free Classical style, and named after Melbourne Street that at the time extended to nearby Murray Street.

The hotel officially opened in April 1897, serving both boarders and visitors to the city during the gold rush. [1] On 20 September 1898, Grace Lannin, the licensee of the hotel, was the first person charged for selling liquor after 11 pm without a permit; she was fined 20 shillings, equivalent to A$181 in 2022. [5]

Although it was still being used as a hotel until the 1970s, it also served as a pub for the most part of the twentieth century. [1] In 1970 John Murdoch and Robert Stowe acquired the property, they then transferred the title to a syndicate of Western Australians (including Len Buckeridge), trading as Melbourne Hotel Pty Ltd. Buckeridge's company, L. W. Buckeridge and Associates, drew up the plans for the first major work undertaken on the hotel. These works involved extensive additions to the west side of the hotel and internal renovations. In the 1970s, the ground and first floors were used as a nightclub and cabaret lounge. Later, in the 1980s and 1990s, they were known as Tiffany's Nightclub, The Firm Nightclub, The Pink Galah Cabaret, Middleways Piano Bar, and Meccanos. [1]

The Melbourne Hotel on Milligan Street. Melbourne Hotel Milligan Street.jpg
The Melbourne Hotel on Milligan Street.

In 1993 the building was purchased by Decanning Ltd, who renovated it for the use of a private business club, The Old Melbourne Club. The company engaged the architectural firm of Oldham Boas Ednie-Brown to undertake the renovations, which included a western extension of the Hay Street frontage to match the existing structure. The renovations occurred from 1994 to 1995, [1] and included the restoration of the cantilevered balcony, together with the grand timber staircase and decorative ceilings, to their original splendour. [1]

In 2006, Singaporean-company Oakesfield Pty Ltd took ownership of the Melbourne Hotel. The Buchan Group architectural firm undertook renovations of the building from 2015–2018, which included demolition of the 1990s additions to the building and their replacement with a seven-storey structure that wrapped around the building. [6] The $40 million redevelopment included 73 guest rooms, function rooms and five food and drink venues. The front bar was reopened as De Baun & Co in honour of the original building owner John De Baun. [7]

Architectural character

It is a three-storey brick building with a pitched corrugated iron roof concealed behind an elaborate parapet. The facade has a painted stucco finish, round-headed timber windows and door openings arched with false stonework, attached columns, pilasters, triangular pediments and projecting mouldings, all in Federation Free Classical style. It features an elegant first floor balcony, cantilevered out over the pavement on both street frontages, supported on cast iron decorative brackets, cast iron columns and lacework with a bullnosed corrugated iron roof. The interior features include timber floor and roof construction, plastered wall finishes, timber joinery and mouldings, and decorative plaster ceilings, a decorative timber staircase, a metal lift car with leadlight doors and some leaded glass in fanlights to windows in the Hay Street facade. [8]

Heritage value

The Melbourne Hotel was entered onto the Register of the National Estate by the Australian Heritage Commission on 1 November 1988. On 21 January 1997 it was placed on the permanent State Heritage Register. [9] It was included on the City of Perth's Municipal Heritage Inventory on 13 March 2001. [9] Additionally, it was classified by the National Trust of Australia (WA) on 7 December 1987. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Melbourne Hotel Archived 1 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
    The reference incorrectly refers to Melbourne Road. Melbourne St was renamed in 1923 to become part of Milligan St, but as shown on an 1860 map, Melbourne St itself never adjoined the corner of Hay and Milligan Sts.
  2. 1 2 "Melbourne Hotel". Heritage Perth. City of Perth . Retrieved 16 May 2014.
    The reference incorrectly refers to Melbourne Road. Melbourne St was renamed in 1923 to become part of Milligan St, but as shown on an 1860 map, Melbourne St itself never adjoined the corner of Hay and Milligan Sts.
  3. ↑ "A New City Hotel". Perth Gazette . Perth: National Library of Australia. 13 April 1896. p. 5. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Peter John Wilson" (PDF). Australian Institute of Architects . Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "ALLEGED BREACH OF THE LICENSING ACT". The West Australian . Perth: National Library of Australia. 20 September 1898. p. 7. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "Old Melbourne closes for upgrade". The West Australian. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Old pub opens new bars after three-year drought". The West Australian. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Costs per square metre", Spon's First Stage Estimating Handbook, Spon Press, pp. 11–16, 27 January 2010, doi:10.1201/9781482288735-6, ISBN   978-0-429-17605-0 , retrieved 28 August 2023
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