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Images- Central Business District The Criterion Hotel |
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architect |
Copeman, Lemont and Keesing |
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location |
258-260 Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 |
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date |
1936 |
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Inter-War Art Deco |
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construction |
terracotta and brick. Builder Paynter and Dixon. |
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type |
Pub |
| This hotel replaced in the Criterion Theatre in 1936 when it was demolished for the widening of Park Street. Inside, the hotel retains many original furnishings, including painted poster advertising, tiled walls and leadlight windows. This was a typical pub interior of the 1920s and 30s. | |
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The Criterion Hotel constructed in the
Inter-War Art Deco style is situated in a prominent location on the corner
of Pitt and Park Streets in the inner city Town Hall precinct, and has
aesthetic significance for the quality of its exterior detailing. The
Criterion has significance as the finest of the five remaining hotel
buildings constructed in this style in the CBD; the others which all
remain operational are the Criterion (Sussex Street), the Great Southern,
the Tudor Inn, and the Wynyard. It also has aesthetic significance as an
important corner element and for its contribution to the streetscape of
the immediate area. The hotel has historic significance for carrying on
the name of the Criterion Theatre which formerly occupied the site. The
hotel has social significance as a fine, largely intact, and fully
operational example of a small inner city corner hotel. The building has
social significance as part of the network of purpose built hotels which
provided social / recreational venues and budget accommodation for the
local community. The Criterion Hotel was designed by Copeman, Lemont and Keesing constructed by Paynter and Dixon in 1936. It is the finest of the five remaining hotel buildings constructed in this style in the CBD; the others are the Criterion (Sussex Street), the Great Southern, the Tudor Inn, and the Wynyard. The Criterion Hotel was the fourth building on the site, replacing the Criterion Theatre which was demolished with the widening of old Park Street along its southern side. This new building was singled out at the time for its style, quality, and excellent design. Choice of materials including terracotta tiles and glass bricks and the strong use of colour contributed to its quality. The building underwent minor alterations up until the 1960s, when several major works were implemented, including changes to the Pitt Street side of the building in the 1970s and upgrading of the bar and servery in 1984. In 1991 shops were introduced to the ground floor. |
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