Inglewood Hotel

Values

• The place is a rare fine example of Interwar Spanish Mission architectural style.
• The place is a landmark sitting on a prominent corner location on Beaufort Street indicating its significance in the development of the area.
• The place has social value as it represents a way of life no longer practised when short term accommodation for travellers and visitors was in short supply.

Physical Description

 Double storey substantial hotel extending located on a street corner.  It displays three decorative parapets.  It displays three grouped arched openings typical of Interwar Spanish Mission.  It has a medium pitched gable tiled roof.  It displays two sets of grouped windows (three windows in each group) with the central window displaying a rounded arch at the top of the window.

History

‘The Subdivision and settlement of Inglewood occurred in several stage from the 1890s. There has been speculative investment in land in the area from the construction of the railway in the 1880s. Proximity, to the City and to the railway made the area attractive to city workers at the time of the growth of commerce and trade that followed the Gold Boom period. The area was settled gradually from the 1890s with the area closest to Railway Parade settled first. Areas to the north closest to Walter Road were only settled in the 1950s. The style of houses varies over the area reflecting the changing styles in residential homes from the early 1900s to the 1950s.’ ‘In August 1936, most residents no doubt welcomed the opening of the Inglewood Hotel on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Beaufort Street, for they has been regularly petitioning for the granting of a Licence since 1929. The building was said to be in the Mediterranean style, with cream external walls and a bright green roof. The upstairs sitting rooms had textured walls and elaborately moulded ceilings while the hall and lounge downstairs had exposed brick walls and heavy ceiling beams. The bars with their terrazzo paneling and chrome fittings, were refreshingly modern. The hotel was one of many public building being erected or enlarged at that time, to serve the growing populations of the three suburbs.’

Integrity/Authenticity

High

Condition

Good

Uses

Historic Themes

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