Sydney Art Deco Heritage

Now known as the Eastern Hotel, the former Bondi Junction Hotel at 512 Oxford Street in Bondi Junction was built by Tooth & Company Limited. It was designed by Rudder and Grout after the license was transferred from the Queens Hotel, Woollahra in December 1941. Its construction was completed in 1942. The Bondi Junction hotel now sits in Oxford Street overshadowed by multi-storeyed office towers and shopping complexes. Hooray for heritage! Facade detail of the hotel More facade detail Sources: Sydney Heritage Listings

The Bridge Hotel located on the corner of Victoria Road and Wellington Street in Rozelle was purchased by Tooth and Company in January 1926. It was rebuilt August 1941 to a design by Joy and Pollit architects. As with many hotels today it is now a live music venue and has lost much of its community character which was so much a part of the hotel scene in the 30's and 40's. Detail photo of the hotel facade View of the side bar Sources: Sydney Heritage Listings

The Grand Hotel at 484 Princes Highway in Rockdale was rebuilt by Tooth and Company in 1941 to a design by Rudder and Grout. The large and imposing circular brick facade with in built verandahs and strong horizontal lines make good use of the small corner site. The style of the building is similar the Union Hotel in Newtown and the Rosebery Hotel in Rosebery. Facade detail View of the Lounge Bar View of the Ladies Parlour Sources: Sydney Heritage Listings ANU Open Research Library

The Friend in Hand Hotel is located at 58 Cowper Street in Glebe. Tooth and Company aquired the original hotel on the site around 1921 and plans for a new hotel, prepared by architect R.M. Joy, were submitted to Council in 1936 and the new building was completed in 1937. The hotel is one of many Sydney hotels built in the interwar Functionalist Style and is made further indicative of the period through the use of Art Deco overtones. Facade detail of the Friend in Hand hotel It is a very cosy hotel with an intimate, friendly atmosphere and great Bistro. The public bar is cosy and has lots of character The completed hotel in 1937 The Public Bar in 1937 Just a wee bit less cluttered than it is compared to today! Sources: City of Sydney Heritage Listings ANU Open Research Library

The Piccadilly Hotel at 171-173 Victoria Street, Kings Cross, was constructed in 1939 for Brewers, Tooths and Company which replaced a previous hotel on the site called the Austral Club Hotel. The Piccadilly hotel is a fine example of an Inter War Functionalist style building designed by prominent architects Provost and Ancher. View of the hotel in Winter with no tree leaves! The hotel is unusual in that it is located in the middle of a block instead of a corner site. In Summer it is difficult to appreciate the Art Deco influences but in Winter the facade is not obscured by the trees in front of the building. The downstairs lounge area is the well known Soho Bar. It is decorated with a very Art Deco feel as illustrated in the photo. Sources: City of Sydney Heritage Listings

A hotel has existed at 717-723 George Street Haymarket since at least 1858. The hotel at that time was called The Farmer's Home and the licensee was Michael McNarmara. In 1903 he rebuilt Nos. 717-721 George Street as a four-storey hotel and renamed it the Great Southern Hotel. Notwithstanding the change of name the hotel continued to enjoy the patronage of country visitors. Being opposite Central station made it the first accomodation venue new arrivals would see. It is significant as the finest and rare example of a face brick hotel building of Interwar striped Classical Style in the CBD. The building retains all its original external detailing above the awning and much of the interior and original furniture. Detail of the facade I remember as a child on my first trip to Sydney with my father in the early 60's that the Great Southern Hotel is the first thing I saw when exiting Central Railway Station. It has been indelibly etched in my mind as my first memory of Sydn

Originally called the Westminster Hotel, Sutherlands Hotel has been known over the years as Guys and Dolls Hotel and Bar Broadway. Situated at 2-6 Broadway Chippendale, it has one of the few corner hotel ceramic tiled interiors to be retained largely intact in Sydney. The Sutherlands Hotel is a fine example of an interwar Functionalist style building and is one of five hotels built in this style in the Sydney CBD. The others are the Clare Inn, the Australian Hotel, the Hotel Hollywood and the Civic Hotel. The hotel was put up for sale in 2022 with an expected price tag of $45 million. The original Westminter hotel building in 1930. This is the hotel just after being built in 1940. It is also significant by its association with the well known architectural firm of Rudder and Grout and the brewers Tooth and Company. The builder was Elvy &Co and it was completed on 13th May 1940. The Westminster public bar. The public bar is significant as a rare and fine example of

Also known as the Keg Room Tavern, County Clare Hotel, the Hotel Clare and Clare Hotel. The hotel, situated at 20-24 Broadway Chippendale, was originally called Ryan's Hotel until 17th March 1941 when the sign was changed to The Old Clare Hotel. On 25th July 1966 the name was changed to County Clare Inn. It was designed by Sidney Warden and built by S.D.C.Kennedy and Bird Pty. Ltd. The County Clare Inn is one of five similar inner hotels that were built around the same time. These are the Sutherlands, the Hotel Hollywood, the Civic and the Australian Hotel. The green terracotta tiles The green terracotta detailing on the facade is particularly beautiful and is a distinctive feature of the hotel facade. Here is a picture of the main bar The Art Deco style interior ceilings and timber panelling to the ground floor have significance as a fine example of the interior detailing of this style of corner hotel. Ceiling detail above the main bar area. Picture of

Also know as the Abercrombe hotel the Australian Hotel, situated at 100-102 Broadway in Chippendale, was constructed in 1938 and is situated on the southern extremity of the Carlton (Tooths) Brewery site. It has aesthetic significance as part of a group of five brick hotels constructed in the Sydney CBD in the interwar Functionalist style. They are the Clare Inn, Sutherlands hotel, the Hotel Hollywood and the Civic hotel. The Australian Hotel building features face brickwork, vertical elements and a curving facade with deeply recessed balconies, all of which are identifiers of the style. The Australian Hotel was one of three hotels built in close proximity to the Carlton (Tooths) Brewery, the others being the Clare Inn and Sutherlands. The architects were Copeman, Lemont and Keesing the builder was H.W. Thompson. The original tiles are still on the building and are in good condition as shown in the photo. Sources: Sydney Heritage Listings

Originally known as the Albion Hotel the Hotel Broadway, situated at 166-170 Broadway, was constructed in 1936. It is a good and relatively intact example of an interwar Functionalist style hotel building, designed by architect Sidney Warden. Warden designed the vast majority of the Art Deco hotels located in Sydney. A pub crawl of Warden's hotels would be a very long and exhausting exercise! The Albion hotel in 1930 Before the 1936 renovation by Tooth & Co. The Hotel Broadway just after renovation The hotel in 1937 with additional signage on the awning Sources: Sydney Heritage Listings Historical photographs from ANU Tooths & Co Yellow Card Collection

The Tea Gardens Hotel is located at 2-4 Bronte Road, Bondi Junction. The original licence for a hotel on this site was issued in 1854. It was known as the Waverley Tea Gardens and was popular destination with day visitors when the trams first arrived in 1881. The site was subdivided in 1874 and a second storey added. The building was remodelled in about 1940 to reflect the Art Deco style popular at the time. Today the upstairs function area, Circa, has a sun-drenched deck built over the front awning which destroys the look of the hotel. The main room off the deck still retains many of its original art deco features. Hotel corner facade Sources: Sydney Heritage Listings

The Blues Point Hotel at 116 Blues Point Road, Milson's Point, was previously known as the North Shore Hotel and a direct successor to the hotel tradition on this site. It is an excellent example of interwar Functionalist Style. The ground floor tiling is of notable quality on the curved surfaces of the outside walls of the building. Nice tiling on walls Sources: Sydney Heritage Listings

The Kauri Foreshore Hotel is located at 2 Bridge Street, Glebe. Originally there was a two storey hotel known as the Grand Hotel on the site. The name was changed in 1905 to the Kauri Hotel which may well have been a reflection of the timber handling activities which dominated the area. The hotel was aquired by Tooth and company around 1929 and was rebuilt in 1939 to plans prepared by John M Hellyer and provides an example of the interwar Functionalist Style tempered with the popular Art Deco Style of the time. Known as "A country pub in the city" the hotel has supported live music in one form or another for many years. Facade detail Sources: Sydney Council Heritage Database

Located on the corner of Walker Street at 305 Cleveland St, Redfern, the Norfolk Hotel is a quaint Art Deco style hotel with a prominant facade. It was purchased by Tooths & Co in the 1930's and plans were submitted to Council in 1939 for alterations designed by Sidney Warden to modernise the building. The main feature was the extension of the street awning up Walker street and removing the gabled tiled roof. The ground floor walls were tiled following the fashion of the day and the first floor exterior walls were painted instead of the more popular raw brick. Today the tiles are gone and the whole hotel has been painted over to *improve* and *modernise* its appearance. At the time of writing blue neon tubes highlighted the hotel's Art Deco lines in the evening. Nice. Similar treatment was given to the St George Tavern in Rockdale. Up to 2007 it had already undergone major renovations inside leaving little of the original decor remaining. It still posseses some charm a

The Charing Cross Hotel at 81 Carrington Road in Waverley is little changed since it replaced an inn built on the site by William Newland in 1857. Originally known as Newlands Inn, its name was changed to the Charing Cross Hotel in 1859. The original hotel was demolished and rebuilt circa 1935. The newer building, designed by Sidney Warden, was featured in the journals "Decoration and Glass", Vol. 2, No. 3, July 1936.(see below) The hotel is one of three Art Deco hotels in the immediate vicinity. The Robin Hood hotel is directly opposite on Bronte Road while the Tea Gardens hotel is just a 10 minute walk towards Bondi Junction. Facade detail Upstairs verandah "The Public Bar, where glass and stainless steel sing the triumph of modernity and modern materials.White opal glass is used in the unusual light fittings which conceal the structural support of the glass and steel canopy." "Decoration and Glass", Vol. 2, No. 3, July 1936."