OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Royal Hotel and beach

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COLLECTIONMornington and District Historical Society

REG NO.1470

HISTORY

A landmark in Mornington, Rennison’s Schnapper Point Hotel was built in the late 1850’s and renamed the Royal Hotel in 1876. It is situated at 770 Esplanade. By 1863 the Hotel offered 22 accommodation rooms increasing to 65 rooms by the 1870’s with a garden and stables on three and half acres. The substantial stables demolished in 1970 and yard were once the depot for Cobb and Co. Coaches. In 1891 a billiard room and public hall were added. Extensive restoration to the facade and verandahs was completed in 1984. An undergound tunnel since filled in, between Royal Beach and the hotel was used for transferring goods from ships the the hotel. Opposite the hotel on Royal Beach was once a windmill that was used to pump seawater to the hotel for hot and cold baths. Royal Hotel, Royal Hotel, Esplanade, Schnapper Point, Mornington, Bert White, Hughie Swift, Esplanade, Schnapper Point, Hughie Swift, Bert White, Schnapper Point, Esplanade, Esplanade, Royal Hotel, Schnapper Point, Mornington, Royal Hotel,

DESCRIPTION

This is a view across the beach of the Royal Hotel on the left of the photo. No other buildings are visible, and the area around the hotel appears to be mainly bush. There is a child in a boater hat in the foreground, bottom right of the photo, who appears to be fossicking among the rocks in the shallows.

KEYWORDS

Esplanade, Hotels, Royal Hotel, Schnapper Point, Swift, Hughie, White, Bert