Abbotsford Hotels Listing

Abbotsford Hotel Listing:

Below is a listing of Abbotsford Hotels. Please click a hotel to find out more details.

Hotel:Laird Hotel

Hotel ID No46
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Hotel Address:

149 Gipps Street
Collingwood 3066
Australia
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Suburb:

Abbotsford

Most Recent Name:

Laird Hotel (1980 to present)

Previous Name(s):

Laird O'Cockpen Hotel (1869 to 1980)

Hotel Address:

149 Gipps Street
Collingwood 3066
Australia
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When Built/Licenced:

1869

When Delicensed:

N/A

Status of Building:

Existing hotel

Rebuilt/Altered:

1888/89; 1989/95 Conservation Study suggests possibly re-built around 1912

Heritage Victoria Register:

N/A

National Trust Register:

N/A

Collingwood Conservation Study 1989 & 1995:

Part A, pp.155-156

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:

N/A

Maps:

Maps: Kearney 1855: N ; Hodgkinson 1858: N ; MMBW: Detail Plan 1312, 1901

History:

The original name derives from a traditional Scottish song. The 1880s photos show a single storey corner building. In November 1888 architect Sydney Smith invited tenders for the pulling down and re-building of the Laird ( Building Engineers and Mining Journal 17 Nov 1888, supplement 7) . The hotel was bought by the Burton Brewery, and then in 1912 Carlton & United Breweries acquired it. The current building is brick, two storeys, with neo-classical detail and facade treatment. The brickwork has been overpainted, and ground floor windows and doors have been altered. A major change took place in 1980 when it became a gay venue which has continued to be a highly regarded male only hotel. You can read all about it on their website, but ignore their statement that the hotel was built in 1847. https://www.lairdhotel.com/about_us.php The Laird o' Cockpen The laird o' Cockpen, he's proud an' he's great, His mind is ta'en up wi' things o' the State; He wanted a wife, his braw house to keep, But favour wi' wooin' was fashious to seek. Down by the dyke-side a lady did dwell, At his table head he thought she'd look well, McClish's ae daughter o' Claversha' Lee, A penniless lass wi' a lang pedigree. His wig was weel pouther'd and as gude as new, His waistcoat was white, his coat it was blue; He put on a ring, a sword, and cock'd hat, And wha could refuse the laird wi' a' that? (and many more verses to follow)

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