Albion Hotel, 3 adjoining shops & stables
Location: Wallace Street, Braidwood, NSW 2622
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Physical Description
Two-storey rendered brickwork hotel with two-storey timber veranda. The corner splay parapet is decorated in stucco with urns, volutes and 'ALBION HOTEL'. The external masonry is otherwise undecorated. The veranda appears to be a partial reconstruction. The columns and beams are stop chamfered in a traditional Victorian manner. The balustrading is also timber in an 'X' pattern. The chimney and many openings appear to be original. The interior contains original mantelpieces and timber architraves.
Three brick shops of two storeys are in Federation style are linked to the hotel by a first floor timber walkway. These shops are typical of c1920 construction. The shopfronts are original to this period. They have single-storey verandas of timber framing on concrete bases and fibre cement valences. Inside, the shops retain some pressed metal ceilings, cornices and rendered brick wall surfaces.
A sandstock brick stables with gabled hay loft faces the Duncan Street boundary. It is typical of c1870s stables. It was constructed on a rubble granite base. The softer bricks have deteriorated somewhat. The windows and doors appear to be original. Windows have flat arch brickwork with bricks rubbed to fit. The roof is corrugated steel.
A corrugated steel shed clad in characteristic short lengths was constructed in the rear of the hotel, possibly around the turn of the twentieth century. The door has a sculpted sandstone threshold, evidently reused from another project. |
Modifications
1920s- windows and doors with rippled glass appear to have been replaced.
Several internal walls were removed from the ground floor bar area, the remaining structure is supported on steel beams and a column. |
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Data
| Name of Item: |
Albion Hotel, 3 adjoining shops & stables |
| Type of Item: |
Complex / Group |
| Collection: |
Commercial |
| Category: |
Hotel |
| Location: |
Wallace Street, Braidwood,
NSW 2622 |
| Local Govt: |
Palerang |
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| Current Use: |
Art Gallery |
| Former Use: |
Hotel |
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