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Windsor Castle Hotel, 89 Albert Street, Windsor

Location

89 Albert Street, WINDSOR VIC 3181 - Property No 28767

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is Significant?
The Windsor Castle Hotel, 89 Albert Street, Windsor, is a double-storey corner hotel with an interwar Moderne style facade. The hotel was erected c1871 replacing a c1854 timber hotel, and was substantially remodelled in the mid 1930s.

How is it Significant?
The Windsor Castle Hotel is of local architectural and historical significance to the City of Stonnington.

Why is it Significant?
The Windsor Castle Hotel is of historical significance for its ability to demonstrate the major interwar trend of remodelling or rebuilding nineteenth century hotels that followed the introduction of the Licences Reduction Board. It is also significant for the enduring use of the site as a licensed premises for over 150 years, and as an example of a hotel which was built away from main roads to serve a local residential neighbourhood.

The Windsor Castle Hotel is architecturally significant as a representative and substantially externally intact example of a Victorian corner hotel with an interwar Moderne style facade.

Group

Recreation and Entertainment

Category

Hotel