Normanby Hotel | |
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Normanby Hotel, 2008
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Location | 1 Musgrave Road, Red Hill, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Coordinates | 27°27′33″S 153°00′51″E / 27.4592°S 153.0143°ECoordinates: 27°27′33″S 153°00′51″E / 27.4592°S 153.0143°E |
Design period | 1870s–1890s (late 19th century) |
Built | 1890, 1917 |
Architect | John B Nicholson, George Henry Male Addison |
Architectural style(s) | Eclectic |
Official name: Normanby Hotel | |
Type | state heritage (built) |
Designated | 21 October 1992 |
Reference no. | 600283 |
Significant period | 1890-1920s (fabric) 1890-ongoing (historical- use as hotel) |
Significant components | bottle shop/drive-thru, trees/plantings |
Builders | Thomas Game |
Normanby Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 1 Musgrave Road, Red Hill, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by John B Nicholson and built in by Thomas Game. It was extended in 1917 to a design by George Henry Male Addison. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
This two-storeyed brick hotel was constructed in 1890 for Brisbane publican Elizabeth Sophia Burton, on land acquired by her husband in 1865.
In 1872 the Burtons erected the first Normanby Hotel on the site, a modest two-storeyed building which fronted Kelvin Grove Road. It is likely that the hotel was named after the recently appointed Queensland Governor George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby. In 1889, the licensee William Valentine (son-in-law of the Burtons) decided to demolish the hotel to make way for the newer larger hotel facing Musgrave Road.
Architect John Beauchamp Nicholson called tenders for the new Normanby Hotel in late 1889. The successful contractor was Thomas Game with a price of £4,100, including fittings. The new hotel was formally opened on Monday 1 December 1890 with a dinner for fifty men, most of them prominent citizens including James Drake and John Annear (both Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly).
Alterations were made in 1917, to plans prepared by architect George Henry Male Addison.
The Burton family owned the hotel until 1944, and were both licensees and occupants for much of that time.
The Normanby Hotel has become a Brisbane landmark, and lends its name to the adjacent Normanby Fiveways, the intersection of five inner city arterial roads.