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  Grace Darling Hotel

  The Grace Darling is Collingwood's oldest surviving hotel, that still operates as a hotel. The name Grace Darling commemorates the heroine of the wreck of the "Forfarshire" off the north-east coast of England in 1838. It is an excellent example of the early bluestone buildings found in Collingwood. The hotel is also famous as the site of the 1892 meeting that led to the eventual formation of the Collingwood Football Club. It is built of bluestone with Tasmanian sandstone door and window surrounds, no doubt as a result of the first owner Thomas Risby, who was from Tasmania. The 1920s extensions down Peel Street by Sydney Smith, Ogg and Serpell were sympathetically designed to match the original building.

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  United Kingdom Hotel

  The United Kingdom Hotel was built in 1878 and was located in a prominent triangular position at the junction of two roads at Clifton Hill, leading to Northcote and Heidelberg. The original Victorian two storey building was rebuilt in the Moderne style, that we see today, in 1937/38. Robin Grow says "the site provided the perfect setting for its ocean liner appearance. With a front section finished in terracotta and with sweeping balconies and windows with distinctive geometric designs." (Melbourne Art Deco p. 100) The hotel was delicensed in 1988 and it then became a McDonald's Family restaurant. McDonalds were obliged to retain the Art Deco design features of this notable building.

  Frances