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135 Church Street
Other NameBristol Hotel, Former Location135 CHURCH STREET RICHMOND, YARRA CITY
File NumberY2011:2564LevelIncl in HO area indiv sig |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant? Non-original alterations and additions are not significant. How is it significant? Why is it significant? . as a double-storey, Renaissance Revival, former private hotel of c1862. . as one of Richmond's oldest surviving hotels and which provides tangible evidence of the development of the northern part of Church Street as an early commercial centre in Richmond.
The former Bristol Hotel at 135 Church Street, Richmond was built as a private house in 1862, with an addition fronting Church Street that was built by 1875 for owner Sydney King. It is a two-storey, hip-roofed building in the Renaissance Revival style. The Church Street addition is rendered with ruled courses and the original building fronting Somerset Street has deeply ruled courses on the ground floor, a bluestone plinth (overpainted) and quoins. The building is significant to the extent of its nineteenth century fabric.
The former Bristol Hotel at 135 Church Street, Richmond is aesthetically and historically significant to the locality of Richmond and the City of Yarra.
The former Bristol Hotel is historically and aesthetically significant (Criteria A & E):
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
House