Mount Austin Hotel [1891-1897]
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Submitted by annelisec on Sat, 2010-09-18 13:43
Current condition:
Demolished / No longer exists
Date Place completed:
1891-01-01
Date Place demolished:
1897-01-01
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Mount Austin Hotel info
Some dates:
- buy the site of the 'Austin Arms', and build and keep a large 'First Class Residential Hotel' on it
- buy another section of land on the Peak and build & let a terrace of 11 houses there. (They'd be known as 'Mountain Peak')
- Architects are Messrs Danby & Leigh.
We've got a disagreement on the date of sale to the government. Annelise, have you been able to find a firm answer to that?
Hong Kong Telegraph, 29 May
Hong Kong Telegraph, 29 May 1897
"the Military Authorities ... have purchased the Mount Austin Hotel from Messrs. J. D. Humphreys and sons for £ 30,000 pounds sterling."
Extensions to the building
Moddsey found this article, explaining that the hotel was extended sometime between 1895 and 1897, with the new wing completed around April / May 1897:
Sale of Mount Austin Hotel - China Mail 29 May 1897 refers:
"More than two years ago, rumours were current that the military authorities had cast longing eyes upon this splendidly situated building, but the negotiations were understood to have fallen through because the authorities could not come to terms with the proprietors, Messrs J. D. Humphreys & Son. Since that time extensive alterations have been effected upon the hotel, a large new wing of bedrooms, which was completed only a few weeks ago, and a large ballroom, have been added to meet the growing demands of the Peak District."
In the photo below I've highlighted the new wing (left) and ballroom (right),