page_title: Central Hotel, Cairns
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Central Hotel, Cairns / Description
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Hlavní hotel ve městě Cairns, rok 1932. Hotel se nachází na velmi rušné křižovatce v australském městě Cairn. Ve své době jej řídil Jim Kipps. Vybudován byl v roce 1909 English: Central Hotel in Cairns, 1932. The ornate Central Hotel is situated on a very busy corner in Cairns. The hotel was operated at this time by Jim Kipps. The hotel was constructed in 1909.
context_page_description: Central Hotel is a heritage-listed former hotel and now shopping centre at 39 - 49 Lake Street, Cairns, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Tunbridge, Tunbridge & Lynch and built from 1908 to 1909 by W Phillips. It is also known as Central Building and Central Court. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
context_section_description: Central Court, located on the northwestern corner of Lake and Spence Streets, is a two-storeyed rendered masonry structure with verandahs to both street frontages.
  The building exhibits Art Nouveau and Federation influences in its design. Decorative parapets provide a prominent skyline feature, with an asymmetrical combination of piers surmounted by cupolas projecting above, with curved gables and a cylindrical corner tower with cupola. Both street frontages have the words THE CENTRAL HOTEL placed centrally in relief.
  Verandahs have timber posts, with the first floor having curved timber brackets and valance, a corrugated iron skillion awning and wrought iron balustrade. The ground floor has lattice spandrel panels, some of which are arched, and partially turned timber posts. Both verandahs have a centrally positioned void space with timber balustrade.
  Internally, the building has been extensively altered and rebuilt. The ground floor has an L-shaped arcade, with entrances positioned centrally on both street frontages, with a large central eating area and central stair under a clerestory skylight.
  The first floor contains a nightclub at the southern end with a restaurant to the north. Both have access to the verandah via French doors, with the southern corner having been enclosed to form office space.
caption: Central Hotel in Cairns, 1932
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