Hotel Bristol, Wellington, New Zealand
Excerpt from wellingtoncityheritage.org.nz:
This building, now known as the Hotel Bristol, is of architectural value as a good representative example of Edwardian Classicism. It is notable for its well-proportioned and carefully composed Classical street facade.
This building has significant townscape value for the visual interest that it adds to the Cuba Streetscape and as a part of the Cuba Street Heritage Area. It is a good example of an Edwardian commercial building and contributes to the scale and ambience of the area.
The building has historic value for its association with the strong growth and development of Cuba Street during the Edwardian period, which resulted in the building of many fine commercial buildings.
The building known as the Hotel Bristol is an Edwardian Classical commercial building. It is a three storey building with shops at the ground floor and small offices above. The façade is symmetrical and strongly moulded, but not overly elaborate, particularly in comparison to neighbouring buildings. Wide window bays on the first floor allow plenty of daylight into the (former) dining room and sitting room beyond. On the second floor, six double hung flat headed windows are recessed into slender aedicules, with a prominent keystone above. A central balcony on the second floor is supported on heavy consoles. A segmented pediment caps the building; the name “Hotel Bristol” and a crest have been moulded into the centre. The sound, unpretentious façade contributes to the character of the middle Cuba Street precinct.
The construction is in load bearing brick masonry on concrete foundations, with concrete floors supported by iron columns and steel joists, and timber roof trusses and a malthoid roof.
The modern timber balustrade to the third floor balcony is a disparate modern intervention that is out of keeping with the formal pretensions of this grand Classical building.
Hotel Bristol, Wellington, New Zealand
Excerpt from wellingtoncityheritage.org.nz:
This building, now known as the Hotel Bristol, is of architectural value as a good representative example of Edwardian Classicism. It is notable for its well-proportioned and carefully composed Classical street facade.
This building has significant townscape value for the visual interest that it adds to the Cuba Streetscape and as a part of the Cuba Street Heritage Area. It is a good example of an Edwardian commercial building and contributes to the scale and ambience of the area.
The building has historic value for its association with the strong growth and development of Cuba Street during the Edwardian period, which resulted in the building of many fine commercial buildings.
The building known as the Hotel Bristol is an Edwardian Classical commercial building. It is a three storey building with shops at the ground floor and small offices above. The façade is symmetrical and strongly moulded, but not overly elaborate, particularly in comparison to neighbouring buildings. Wide window bays on the first floor allow plenty of daylight into the (former) dining room and sitting room beyond. On the second floor, six double hung flat headed windows are recessed into slender aedicules, with a prominent keystone above. A central balcony on the second floor is supported on heavy consoles. A segmented pediment caps the building; the name “Hotel Bristol” and a crest have been moulded into the centre. The sound, unpretentious façade contributes to the character of the middle Cuba Street precinct.
The construction is in load bearing brick masonry on concrete foundations, with concrete floors supported by iron columns and steel joists, and timber roof trusses and a malthoid roof.
The modern timber balustrade to the third floor balcony is a disparate modern intervention that is out of keeping with the formal pretensions of this grand Classical building.