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Rose Hotel (second)

The second Rose Hotel at 76 Stirling Highway North Fremantle. The first Rose Hotel was a different building, in John Street (formerly Pensioner Road, now Tydeman Road).

1927, 76 Stirling Highway (called Perth Road until 1938) North Fremantle

Photograph January 1986 courtesy of SLWA $ 316516PD (from Facebook)

The 1927 Rose Hotel is at what is now 78 Stirling Highway, North Fremantle. It is now a premises for dental and beauty services.

Heritage Council:
The Rose Hotel (former) constructed in 1927 is a double storey brick and iron hotel with symmetrical facade designed as an example of the Federation Free style of architecture. Walls are face brick with rendered detailing to the ground floor and rough cast rendered brick with face brick detailing to the upper floor. Roof is hipped and gabled corrugated iron with exposed eaves. There is a large gable central to the front elevation. This gable is finished with roughcast render and has red face brick and timber detailing. The name ROSE HOTEL in red face brick is located on this gable end. There is a colonnaded central porch and balcony above with face brick and rendered brick piers. Windows are generally timber framed double hung sash.
Significance. Rose Hotel (former), 78 Stirling Highway, is a brick and tile two storey hotel building dating from the 1927. The place has aesthetic value for its contribution to the streetscape and strong landmark qualities. The place is a late example of the Federation Free Style of architecture. The place has historic and social significance as a long standing hotel in the North Fremantle area. The hotel was one of a number built and operated by the Swan Brewery. The place has social significance as it was a popular meeting venue for the local North Fremantle community, including workers from the nearby port and related industries.
The portion of Stirling Highway to the north of Queen Victoria Street was originally part of Perth Road. The area developed with mixed residential, commercial and industrial uses from the 1860s following the construction of the North Fremantle Traffic Bridge and the upgrading of Perth Road by convicts. The portion of Stirling Highway that runs between the Swan River and the junction with Queen Victoria Street was formerly called Bruce Street. It was named after Colonel Bruce, head of the Pensioner Guards. In the early days of North Fremantle's development, the favoured residential area for settlement was slightly west of the North Fremantle oval and named 'Brucetown'.
Settlement of North Fremantle began in earnest in the late 1890s and Bruce Street was characterised by a mix of building types. On the southern side of the street between Queen Victoria Street (formerly Perth Road) and Tydeman Road (formerly Pensioner Road and then John Street), the buildings were predominantly residential. Industrial use was more common on the northern side.

References and Links

Heritage Council (as above).

Freotopia

This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally created on 19 September, 2014 and hosted at freotopia.org/hotels/rose2.html (it was last updated on 30 November, 2023), and has been edited since it was imported here (see page history). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.