Local Government
York
Region
Avon Arc
95 -97 Avon Tce York
Cnr South St. Part of York Town Centre Precinct
York
Avon Arc
Constructed from 1853
Type | Status | Date | Documents | More information |
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Type | Status | Date | Documents |
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RHP - To be assessed | Current | 30 Aug 2002 |
Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | More information | |
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Category | Description | ||||
Local Heritage Survey | Adopted | 25 Nov 2019 | Considerable Significance |
Considerable Significance |
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Statewide Hotel Survey | Completed | 01 Nov 1997 |
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Heritage Council | |
Classified by the National Trust | Classified | 05 Mar 1985 |
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Heritage Council | |
Register of the National Estate | Permanent | 21 Mar 1978 |
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Heritage Council |
The Castle Hotel has occupied this site since 1842, associating with significant identities, engaging convict labour, entertaining and accommodating generations of locals and visitors, and has continued to develop, demonstrating a significant sense of place. It represents a range of architectural styles with the landmark corner displaying 1905 Federation Filigree architectural style by Architect W.G. Wolf, and the Avon Terrace frontage the Victorian Georgian influence.
The expansive double storey development anchors the northwest corner of angled Avon Terrace and South Street intersection with the double storey Federation Filigree style. Evidenced by decorative balustrades, valances to both floor level verandas, and decorative parapets with pediments to the truncated corner and both street frontages. The masonry buildings are predominantly face brick. The Avon Terrace section further from the corner has a hipped corrugated iron roof and is recessed from the street frontage with single storey roof cover over the setback area. At the rear, there are expansive contemporary accommodation facilities and carparks.
The original building on the site was a small inn built by John Henry Monger in 1842. On sold to the Craig family in 1859/60 it was first licensed in 1851 as the Agricultural and Commercial Hotel. In 1853, Samuel Smale Craig used Ticket of Leave workers to construct the hotel then known as the Commercial and Travellers’ Hotel, in 1859 becoming Craig’s Castle Hotel. Craig extended the Avon Terrace frontage in 1862, and after his death in 1859, his widow Mary took over the business. In 1903, after Craig’s son James dies, his window Emily May took over the hotel, soon thereafter building the 1905 wing of the hotel about the corner. After World War One, in 1919, Emily’ son Basil Morton took over the hotel, and his grandchildren still owned the Castle Hotel until 1990. The architect for the 1905 addition was William G Wolf. He had just designed His Majesties Theatre in Perth.
Integrity: Good
Authenticity: Good
Good
Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
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7461 | York sketchbook. | Book | 2003 |
Individual Building or Group
Epoch | General | Specific |
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Original Use | COMMERCIAL | Hotel, Tavern or Inn |
Present Use | COMMERCIAL | Hotel, Tavern or Inn |
Style |
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Victorian Filigree |
Type | General | Specific |
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Wall | BRICK | Common Brick |
Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
General | Specific |
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OCCUPATIONS | Hospitality industry & tourism |
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