Projects

2020

Heritage Impact Statement - Kinsela's Hotel, 383 Bourke Street, Darlinghurst

Heritage Impact Statement - Kinsela's Hotel, 383 Bourke Street, Darlinghurst
In 1932, Charles Kinsela, who leased the building from Fraser and Hughes hired the noted architect C Bruce C. Dellit to design alterations to the building and remodeled the place into a funeral parlour with two chapels, a spacious vestibule and ancillary offices. This photograph looks west into Chapel No 1 shortly after C Bruce Dellit’s modifications to the building were completed [Building, 12 April 1933, p.61]
Sydney - InnerHeritage AssessmentHotels

Authors: Dr Sue Rosen, Dr Roy Lumby and Ashna Aggarwal


Client: Universal Hotels


This HIS assessed the impact of alterations to the bar area on the ground floor. Kinsela’s is a listed heritage itenm located in the Oxford Street Heritage Conservation Area on the City of Sydney LEP. It is  located in the vicinity of a number of other heritage items. The history of the site demonstrates its evolution since first developed c.1850. It has been a story of constant change, of development and usage.


 

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