GLASSHOUSE HOTEL

History:

The Glasshouse Hotel was built in 1917-18 for Carlton & United Breweries. An earlier hotel of the same had occupied the site since at least 1865. In 1910, CUB acquired this building from Oliver R Johns. The occupant at the time was listed as Kate O'Donoghue. In 1917-18, the building was valued at £120. The following year, its value was listed as £240, suggesting that it was rebuilt that year. Kate O'Donoghue remained licensee until at least 1919.

Description:

The Glasshouse Hotel, 51-55 Gipps Street, Collingwood, is a large, double storey late Edwardian Hotel on a prominent site on the corner of Rokeby Street. The ground floor walls, originally face brick, have been painted, whilst the first floor is roughcast, also painted. The north and west elevations have three and two quoined, arched openings respectively, flanking windows, some of which have been altered. Two of these openings lead to a recessed corner porch. There is a brown glazed tiled dado with decorative top and bottom courses. The first floor elevations have bays of tripartite timber windows beneath quite steeply pitched shingled, bracketed gable-ends. There is a number of less prominent, single windows; all are timber-framed double-hung sashes. The roof, which is otherwise hipped, is clad in terracotta tiles.

Significance:

The Glasshouse Hotel, 51-55 Gipps Street, Collingwood, is of local architectural significance. It is an. unusual, large, late Edwardian hotel, notable for its bungalow characteristics, including the arched entrances and prominent shingled gables. It provides an interesting contrast to the largely industrial streetscapes which surround the hotel.

Group

Commercial

Category

Hotel