New Albury Hotel

New Albury Hotel
The New Albury Hotel in 2017
Location	491 Kiewa Street, Albury, City of Albury, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	36°04′52″S146°54′53″E / 36.0812°S 146.9148°E / -36.0812; 146.9148
Built	1939–1939
Architect	W. H. Merritt
Architectural style(s)	Bauhaus
New South Wales Heritage Register
Official name	New Albury Hotel; Hotel Albury
Type	state heritage (built)
Designated	2 April 1999
Reference no.	629
Type	Hotel
Category	Commercial
Builders	Snider Constructions
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New Albury Hotel is a heritage-listed Australian pub at 491 Kiewa Street, Albury, New South Wales in the Riverina region of the state. It was designed by W. H. Merritt and built in 1939 by Snider Constructions. It is also known as Hotel Albury. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register in 1999. ^[1]

History

The hotel was designed in 1939 by W. H. Merritt, an architect and engineer from Melbourne. It was built for the Richmond N. S. Brewing Company Pty. Limited. ^[2] When first built it was named the Hotel Albury but later it became known as the New Albury Hotel. Snider Constructions was the builder and the estimated cost was 25,000 pounds. ^[1]

Description

The building is a five-storey framed structure faced in cream bricks on three sides with red bricks at the rear. The front façade has a cantilevered verandah at street level and concrete balconies with a white rendered finish above. It is well detailed, well maintained and in original condition. Important exterior details include the rounded corner windows and the horizontal banding effect created by the balconies and cream brick spandrels. ^[1]

The building is in original condition, except for new metal fire stairs. ^[1]

Heritage listing

The New Albury Hotel was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 based on its aesthetics and rarity. ^[1]

The building is considered to be an excellent example of international style architecture, well detailed, well maintained and in excellent condition. Similar public buildings, derived from the teachings of Bauhaus, survive in most of the capital cities, but they are exceedingly rare in country towns and regional centres. This building is significant for its rarity as an example of Bauhaus/International style outside of a capital city. It is an important focal building in the centre of Albury and within a designated conservation area. ^[1]

Being five stories high, it was the first "high rise" building in Albury and remains a dominant feature of the streetscape. The state heritage listing states that its dominance should be retained over any future developments in the immediate vicinity. ^[1]

See also

• New South Wales portal

References

1. "New Albury Hotel". New South Wales State Heritage Register . Department of Planning & Environment. H00629. Retrieved 28 May 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC BY 4.0 licence .
2. "The New Albury Hotel, Albury, N.S.W. Erected at a cost of £40,000". Construction (Sydney, NSW : 1938 - 1954). National Library of Australia. 13 March 1940. p. 6. Retrieved 7 December 2017.

Bibliography

• The New Albury Hotel (2006). "New Albury Hotel Visitor Information".

Attribution

This Wikipedia article was originally based on New Albury Hotel , entry number 00629 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence , accessed on 28 May 2018.

External links

• "Notes: Then & Now − Albury Hotels Gallery" (PDF). Albury History.
• phunnyfotos (September 2011). New Albury Hotel. Flickr .