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Markillies Hotel

Location

562-564 Flinders Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B6264

File Number

B6264

Level

Regional

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Statement of Significance

The Markillies Hotel, designed in 1915 by the architects, Sydney Smith and Ogg for the Carlton Brewery Ltd, is of regional architectural significance as a richly ornamented example of many surviving High Edwardian Baroque hotels in Victoria, and as one of a great number of 20th century hotels designed by these architects for the Carlton Brewery. The building also has historic significance at a regional level as an example of the Carlton Brewery's expansion immediately after World War 1.
Externally original except for some shopfront modification, the Markillies Hotel forms part of an important Victorian and Edwardian hotel group, which includes the adjoining Sir Charles Hotham Hotel and the late Victorian Great Southern Hotel in Spencer Street.
The interiors of the hotel are of interest. The bars have been significantly altered and although the residential levels remain largely unchanged they are primarily of interest through their relationship to the complex as a whole.
Classified: 16/09/1992

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