Hotel:Retreat Hotel
Suburb:
Abbotsford
Hotel Address:
226 Nicholson St,
Abbotsford 3067
Australia
Map It
Hotel ID No
63
Most Recent Name:
Retreat Hotel (1873 to present)
Previous Name(s):
N/A
When Built/Licenced:
1873
When Delicensed:
N/A
Status of Building:
Existing hotel
Rebuilt/Altered:
Between 1915 and 1925
Heritage Victoria Register:
N/A
National Trust Register:
N/A
Collingwood Conservation Study 1989 & 1995:
Part B, pp. 350-352
City of Yarra Heritage Review 1998:
Volume 3, Appendix B, individually listed within precinct
City of Yarra Review of Heritage Overlay Areas, 2007 & Heritage Database:
Individually significant within HO 313
Maps:
Kearney 1855: N ; Hodgkinson 1858: N ; MMBW: Detail plan 1284, 1901
Comments:
The Retreat's charming and cosy interior made it an ideal choice as 'the local' for the filming of the Crawford Productions TV series The Sullivans, filmed in the late 1970s but set during World War Two. The two-storey exterior with a semi-circular corner turret presents a prominent and distinctive appearance on its corner site. The building shows Arts and Crafts influence.