Melbourne Street, North Adelaide
Melbourne Street | |
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  Southwest end Northeast end | |
| Coordinates |
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| General information | |
| Type | Street |
| Location | North Adelaide |
| Length | 1.3 km (0.8 mi)[1] |
| Major junctions | |
| Southwest end | Sir Edwin Smith Avenue North Adelaide |
| Brougham Place | |
| Northeast end |  Park Road Mann RoadNorth Adelaide |
| Location(s) | |
| LGA(s) | City of Adelaide |
Melbourne Street is a street situated in the Adelaide suburb of North Adelaide,[2] South Australia.
History and description[edit]
Melbourne Street is the main commercial area of the second-largest of the three grids that comprise North Adelaide. It was named after William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (after whom Melbourne is also named), who was British Prime Minister when the South Australia Foundation Act received parliamentary approval.[3]
Melbourne Street is bracketed by Brougham Place and Mann Road and runs in a north-easterly direction. It principally consists of cafes, restaurants, boutique businesses and retail shops. The street also contains many colonial-era buildings.
Notable buildings[edit]
Two of the well-known buildings on the street are The Lion Hotel, which was built as part of a brewery and is now a fashionable public house, and Buffalo Cottage, which was built in 1851. St Ann's College is also located nearby.
Lion Hotel[edit]
The heritage-listed Lion Hotel is located at 161-175 Melbourne Street on its corner with Jerningham Street.[4] The Lion's malthouse, kiln, and store cellars were built for Bailey and Stanley, and designed by well-known architect Daniel Garlick, and are of a similar design to design to his design of what is now[5] the Knappstein Enterprise Winery.[6] in Clare. The builders were Brown and Thompson, who used Glen Osmond bluestone for the construction, mostly completed by 1872. Alterations were carried out in 1873 and 1875 to designs by James Cumming[a], who also then designed the current hotel building, which was completed around 1883.[5] The hotel obtained its first licence for serving liquor in 1881.[8] In 1888 the Lion Brewing and Malting Company was formed. After 1914, beer was supplied to the hotel by Walkerville Cooperative Brewing Co., and the brewing section of the Lion complex ceased production.[5]
The hotel was listed on the South Australian Heritage Register on 11 September 1986.[4] In 1972 it was renamed The Old Lion, a name it retained until after 1996, when it reverted to The Lion Hotel after undertaking renovations by its new owners Tim Gregg and Andrew Svencis.[9]
As The Old Lion, the pub hosted live music. In May 1974, during a rehearsal at the hotel, Bon Scott had a huge argument with a member of his band AC/DC. After storming out, he was in a collision with a car on his Suzuki 550 motorbike, which left him in a coma for three days.[10] Midnight Oil's 1982 performance at the hotel was captured on their CD Live at the Old Lion, Adelaide, 1982.[11] Several tracks of Diesel's 1993 album The Lobbyist were recorded at the Old Lion.[12]
During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the hotel was forced to close for some months, and was afterwards purchased by the Duxton Pubs Group,[13] who were still the owners in December[9]
See also[edit]
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ Cumming also designed Norwood Baptist Church.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ Google (1 June 2022). "Melbourne Street" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ 2003 Adelaide Street Directory, 41st Edition. UBD (A Division of Universal Press Pty Ltd). 2003. ISBN 0-7319-1441-4.
- ^ "History of Adelaide through street names - List of Streets". Archived from the original on 27 August 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2006.
- ^ a b "161-175 Melbourne Street, and 19 Jerningham Street NORTH ADELAIDE". SA Heritage Places Database Search. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ a b c "Old Lion Hotel, Brewery And Former Malting House" (PDF).
The text in this Information Sheet was copied from the Heritage of the City ofAdelaide: An Illustrated Guide, (1996).
- ^ "Our History". Knappstein Winery. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Former Baptist Church The Parade, Norwood, South Australia". Organ Historical Trust of Australia. 10 August 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "The Lion Hotel, Melbourne Street, North Adelaide, c1910". Experience Adelaide. 13 May 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ a b Karakulak, Helen (7 December 2023). "New pride at The Lion Hotel". CityMag. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "AC/DC's Vince Lovegrove recalls how he took on Bon Scott". news.com.au. 22 November 2008. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Midnight Oil live at the Old Lion, Adelaide 1982 tape to be released on December 2nd". Midnight Oil. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "The Lobbyist". DIESEL. 10 April 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Lion Hotel set to roar again under high-profile new owners". InDaily. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
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