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Hotel:Grace Darling Hotel
114 Smith Street
Collingwood 3066
Australia
Map It
Collingwood
Grace Darling Hotel (1854 to present)
N/A
114 Smith Street
Collingwood 3066
Australia
Map It
1854
N/A
Existing hotel
1920s extensions on the Peel Street frontage.
VHR H0660
B3840
Part C, pp. 574-576
Volume 3, Appendix B, individually listed under precinct
HO135, VHR
Kearney 1855: Y ; Hodgkinson 1858: Y ; MMBW: Detail Plan 1208, 1899
As one of the few remaining 1850s hotels in Melbourne and one of the earliest surviving buildings in Collingwood, the Grace Darling is of both local and Melbourne-wide significance, providing a striking remnant of the early years of Melbourne's suburban development and an excellent example of an early stone building in Collingwood. It is also famous as the site of the 1892 meeting associated with the eventual formation of the Collingwood Football Club.
Designed by George Wharton, the first owner and publican was Thomas Risby (from Tasmania). The Risby family owned the property until around 1870. Patrick Coyle, owner of the nearby Albion Hotel, was the publican from 1869 to 1879. Built of bluestone, the hotel features Tasmanian sandstone door and window surrounds. Sydney Smith, Ogg and Serpell designed the surprisingly sympathetic 1920s extensions.
Its name commemorates the heroine of the wreck of the "Forfarshire" in 1838.
Risby, Thomas 1854; Martin, William 1856-1858; Armstrong, J 1859; Casey, William 1860; Clay, Thomas 1861; Wright, E 1862; Connelly, John 1862; Woodin, F 1863; Love, William 1864; Holland, William Major 1864; Bloor, Samual 1864; Watson, James 1865; Ball, Ambrose 1866-1968; Coyle, Ambrose 1869-1879; Holbing, Caroline Miss 1880-1881; O’Connell, John 1882-1886; Bingham, John 1887-1894; Bingham, Sarah 1895; McMaster, Alexander 1896-1899; Holland, Christina 1909; Hillier, Thomas 1909; Lawson, William P 1912; Dixon, Clara Ann 1915; Grogan, Jemina 1916; Femister, Jemina (previously Grogan) 1916; Rooney, R J 1921; Spencer, Florence Maria 1922; Smithett, A 1923; Ritchie, J F 1923.