BILLIARD SALOON VICTORIA HOTEL, TOODYAY
1981Colour photo of the front of the Billard Saloon at the Victoria Hotel, Stirling Terrace, Toodyay.
From the left: two 6-light windows, with window box; 10-light front door; coach light to right of front door; three 6-light windows with window box; 10-light door on far right.
Above the 3 x 6 window is a bracket with scrolls and a hanging sign. Building is painted white. Above the door is a brown painted area with "Victoria" in white to triangle shapes at top of building.
Roof has an ornate façade, two columns with ball on each column. Centre piece decoration. Painted brown with words "Billiard Saloon" in white.
Part of Victoria Hotel on left. Laneway on right. Fuel drum at rear. Power pole in front right foreground. Rubbish bin on pole, front left side.
Purpose built as a billiard saloon in the mid-1890s adjacent to the Victoria Hotel. The builder was H. Davey and the building originally comprised two shops with the saloon at the rear. It is of brick construction with corrugated iron roof gable roof. The front façade is rendered with a decorative parapet with finials, columns and pilasters. In the 1930s the premises was used as a betting shop. Later it was a barber's shop before returning to use as a billiard room.
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By 2022, the building had been modified to become a drive-in bottle shop. A side entrance was created to allow customer access.
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Nearest geotagged records:
- VICTORIA HOTEL, TOODYAY 1920/30 (0.03km away)
- DRESS REHEARSAL MOONDYNE FESTIVAL (0.04km away)
- TOODYAY POST OFFICE (0.04km away)
- NEWCASTLE BALL 1983 IN THE TOODYAY MEMORIAL HALL (0.05km away)
- CELEBRATION OF WA'S 150TH ANNIVERSARY (0.05km away)
- TOODYAY POST OFFICE & TOWN HALL (0.05km away)
- POST OFFICE DECORATED FOR VICTORY DAY (0.05km away)
- DRESS REHEARSAL MOONDYNE FESTIVAL (0.05km away)
- MCKITTRICKS STORE STIRLING TERRACE (0.05km away)
- CELEBRATION OF WA'S 150TH ANNIVERSARY (0.05km away)
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