Central Hotel

The Central Hotel is a public house built in the 1870s. It features a stucco exterior and a slate roof, rising three storeys with an attic and comprising five bays. The ground floor has a pub front with plate glass windows and iron grilles set between timber pilasters, along with a slightly later fascia board supported by brackets. The central bay projects forward and is topped by a truncated pyramid roof, which is capped by a belvedere stage and an iron corona. Above the second floor, there is a bracketed cornice that is raised to a higher level, with larger brackets over the central bay. The windows are adorned with eared and shouldered architraves that include keystones; the central bay features paired windows, with the central first-floor window topped by a small pediment. The attic windows are also crowned by pediments that rise above the wall-head. Inside, the hotel boasts panelling, engraved mirrors, scagliola columns, and enriched plasterwork.