The prominent brewers Beaglehole and Johnston operated the Lion Brewery nearby in Jerningham Street. The hotel is contemporary with the former Huntsman’s Hotel in O’Connell Street, also built for Beaglehole and Johnston and designed by Rees. However, his design for the British Hotel lacks the characteristic ebullience and eccentricity that are the hallmarks of many of his villas and hotels.
British Hotel
British Hotel
The first licensed house on this site, the British Tavern, was a going concern in 1838; however, the present building dates from 1883, when George Harding subdivided the land on which the tavern had been situated. Part of the land on which the present hotel was erected was transferred to the brewers Beaglehole and Johnston, and on the remaining land to the east, Harding built a house fronting Finniss Street. Rowland Rees the architect advertised for tenders in the South Australian Register of April 11, 1883.
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Significance
The British Hotel is nevertheless a significant and intact survivor of that boom era of construction in the city.
Connects with
- Related places
- Related people
- Related organisations
- Related events
- Related things
See also
Images of British Hotel
Architecture, construction & engineering
- Architects
- Rowland Rees
- Builders
- Building materials
- Stone, Bluestone
- Architectural styles
- 2 Victorian Period (c. 1840–c. 1890)
- Construction
- 1883 -
- Architecture and design features
- Rowland Rees, balustrade, quoins
- Engineering features
Location, occupancy & use
- Precinct
- Lower North Adelaide
- Council Ward
- North
- Alternative Addresses
- Geo-coordinates
- Town Acre
- 967
- Planning Zone or Policy Area
- Original owners
- Beaglehole and Johnston
- Original occupant
- Later occupant/s
- Purposes and use
- Commercial, Hotel
- AS2482 classification
- 10510 - Hotel - Motel - Inn
- Public Access
- Opening hours only
Heritage protection
- NTSA ID
- 1167
- State Heritage ID
- 13556
- ACC Reference No.
- DPTI Heritage No.
- 1475
- RNE ID
- 1475
- Certificate of Title No.
- CT 5805/605 D54960 A22
- NTSA file exists
- Yes
- Heritage Status
- State Heritage listed
- State heritage listing
- State Heritage listed
- Date of State heritage listing
- Local heritage listing
- Date of Local heritage listing
- NTSA listing
- NTSA registered
- Date of NTSA listing
- 1972/02
- Section 23 (4) crtiteria
- Risk status
Historic themes
- Historic Themes
- 3.5 Commercial, Marketing & Retail
- 3.5.5 A City of Pubs
- 4.7 Memorable Development Eras
Curriculum connections
- Australian Curriculum references
- Year 5: The Australian Colonies
- ACHHK097
References & citations
References
Further reading
- ACA, Assessments, Digest of Proceedings, 14 May 1883, 11 April 1883; South Australian Register, 11 April 1883.