The Lakes Hotel

The Lakes Hotel at 307 Gardiners Road in Mascot is a handsome interwar period Functionalist style suburban hotel designed by Architect J Dalziel for Tooth & Co. The builder was CE Paynter and Co. and it was completed on August 1st 1938

The curved wall corners in the upstairs verandah provide an expansive feeling to the building and balance well with the stepped roof line from the main front facade.

It has excellent live jazz weekends.

Facade detail

Upstairs verandah detail

Public bar when it first opened

Tooths & Co had a formulaic approach to their hotels which is why there is such a similarity between them all. A modern example would be Westfields. No matter which one you go to there is a familiar format that makes you feel quite at home. Of course getting you to spend big (or drink big?) is a great way to make a fortune.

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Sources:

• ANU Open Research Library

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