Bridge Hotel (Former)

The former Bridge Hotel at 72 Thompson Street, Williamstown is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Hobsons Bay.

Historically, it is one of the oldest surviving hotels in Williamstown and is one of a number scattered throughout the otherwise residential area of the Government Survey precinct, which illustrates the proliferation of hotels prior to the introduction of stricter licensing controls in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. (AHC criteria A4 and D2)

Aesthetically, it is important as a very rare and relatively intact example of a two-storey timber hotel, one of perhaps only two surviving examples in the State. The simplicity of style and detailing, characteristic of hotels of this age, contributes to the historic character of the Government Survey precinct. (AHC criteria B2, E1 and F1)

Note: Included on the Victorian Heritage Register as VHR H1792.

Group

Commercial

Category

Hotel