Lido Cabaret (fmr)

Author

Town of Cottesloe

Place Number

07981

Location

2 Forrest St Cottesloe

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Lido Coral Room, La Tropicana
Mandarin Site, Il Lido Italian Restaurant

Local Government

Cottesloe

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1936

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
RHP - Does not warrant assessment Current 29 Jul 2011

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 30 Sep 1995 Category 4
Classified by the National Trust Classified 01 Apr 2010

Statement of Significance

The Lido and The Lido Picture Gardens opened 1936 were important social centres for Cottesloe and s other nearby western suburbs unfil c 1960.

Physical Description

Site of the former Lido Cabaret and Picture gardens, The Mandarin Restaurant now occupies the mostly destroyed shell of the Lido Cabaret. A block of flats the site of the picture gardens. The original weatherboard building - a shop run by Mrs McDonald - which stood on the site was taken to Rockingham in 1936. The brick building constructed in 1936 had a shop at the northern end.

History

The land was owned by F.D. North. It stretched down to the parade from his home. In 1913 a weatherboard building was erected and rented to Mrs McDonald who had a shop there. The Lido Cabaret and Picture Gardens were designed and built by Howard Bonner for the Hatfield family in 1935. "Cottesloe is Calling" Daily News Friday Dec 20 1935 [possibly a supplement].

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity lost Modifications considerable

Condition

Site

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
Marchant James, R; "The Heritage of Pines". 1977

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
11459 Picture Palaces of the Golden West Book 2016

Place Type

Historic Site

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL Other
Original Use SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL Other

Architectural Styles

Style
Inter-War Art Deco

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall BRICK Common Brick
Roof CONCRETE Reinforced Concrete
Other TIMBER Other Timber

Historic Themes

General Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Cultural activities

Creation Date

10 Jun 1997

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

31 Dec 2016

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