Royal George Hotel, Fortitude Valley
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Royal George Hotel and Ruddle's Building, 1997
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| Location | 323-335 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°27′31″S 153°02′05″E / 27.4585°S 153.0346°ECoordinates: 27°27′31″S 153°02′05″E / 27.4585°S 153.0346°E |
| Design period | 1840s - 1860s (mid-19th century) |
| Built | c. 1850 - 1960s |
| Official name: Royal George Hotel and Ruddle's Building, Bush and Commercial Inn (aka Commercial Inn), Freemasons Arms, Ruddle's Corner | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 3 August 1998 |
| Reference no. | 601248 |
| Significant period | 1850s-1920s (fabric) 1850-ongoing (historical use of hotel) 1901-1942 (Bank in Ruddle's Building) |
| Significant components | shop row, loggia/s, hotel / inn, basement / sub-floor, bank |
 Location of Royal George Hotel and Ruddle's Building in Queensland
Royal George Hotel and Ruddle's Building (Australia)
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Royal George Hotel and Ruddle's Building is a heritage-listed hotel at 323-335 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from c. 1850 to 1960s. It is also known as Bush & Commercial Inn, Commercial Inn, Freemasons Arms, and Ruddle's Corner. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 3 August 1998.
The Royal George Hotel and Ruddle's building are located on the strategic intersection of Ann and Brunswick Streets (now Brunswick Street Mall), Fortitude Valley. A hotel is known to have existed on this site since 1850. The three storey brick Royal George Hotel contains an early (possibly as early as 1850) two storey core to which several major stages of works have been undertaken. In 1886 major additions transformed the hotel into a late Victorian building; by 1924 a third floor had been added; works undertaken in the 1960s (the current manifestation of the hotel) stripped much of this Victorian decoration from the building. The adjoining two storey brick Ruddle's building was erected in 1901 by William Ruddle whose family operated the Royal George for some 60 years. The building was designed by Brisbane architect Robin Dods to complement the hotel (as it then was) and to accommodate a number of different tenancies including the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney. Together the two buildings form what was known as Ruddle's corner.
The site originally comprised part of Eastern Suburban Allotment 71 alienated in 1850 by James Gibbon. In that same year some 54 perches of ESA 71 was acquired by William Sam Sutton, licensee of the Bush and Commercial Inn at Kangaroo Point. In December of that year Sutton was granted permission to transfer his publican's license to his new premises also known as the Bush and Commercial Inn (also known as the Commercial Inn), the forebear of the Royal George. Sutton's hotel was one of only a dozen or so licensed premises in Brisbane at this time including one other in Fortitude Valley, Jeremiah Scanlin's the Strangers Home located diagonally opposite the Commercial Inn.
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