London Hotel

IRISH TAKE OVER BALMAIN’S LONDON HOTEL

Posted on July 9th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Balmain's famed London Hotel has been sold off-market by the Stevens family to Ray Reilly and Co for $8.5 million.  The Stevens’ acquired the landmark pub on Balmain’s Darling Street in 1989 from the Coopers Brewing family. The family also

ALL-NEW LONDON HOTEL FOR PORT MELBOURNE

Posted on March 6th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
TAB Developments has put to market the leasehold operation of its revised London Hotel waterfront project, on the site of the former pub demolished in 2017. Despite significant local outcry and efforts by Council and the Port Melbourne Historical Society

LONDON TOASTS WILLIAM STREET LOCAL CELEBRATION

Posted on October 25th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The London Hotel is celebrating the biggest ever William Street Festival, taking it to the streets with entertainment, Chinese food and gallons of Pimms. The annual William Street Festival is billed as Sydney’s first fashion laneway celebration, the myriad of

UPDATE: LONDON HOTEL FAILS HERITAGE APPLICATION

Posted on September 19th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
[caption id="attachment_6178" align="alignright" width="374"] London Hotel, Port Melbourne. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria[/caption] A 139-year-old pub in Port Melbourne has lost another battle in the attempt to save it from the wrecking ball. Plans by the freehold owner, a

COUNCIL ACROBATICS BUT LONDON HOTEL MAY STILL FALL

Posted on May 30th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
An old but ‘not heritage enough’ pub in Port Melbourne faces an uncertain future, as authorities quibble over whether or not to protect it from redevelopment. The London Hotel was built in 1861, and has had many embellishments to produce