Imperial Hotel, Rooty Hill

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DescriptionImage of the Imperial Hotel, 1-11 Rooty Hill Road North, near the railway station. Photograph taken from a vehicle looking north-west. The hotel appears to be under restoration at the time of the image.
The two storied hotel, built by F J Weston of Horsley Park opened on 12 August 1890. The hotel catered for the crowds who arrived by train to attend the greyhound racing at Lamb's Woodstock Coursing Track Plumpton. When the business went into decline, the licence to sell beer was transferred to Wallacia in 1936. It then operated as a wine bar owned by Penfolds Wines but became semi-derelict by the early 1970s. The National Trust classified the property in 1976, and the Imperial Hotel is listed as a heritage item of state significance, according to the Blacktown Local Environment Plan (BLEP) of 1988 and 2015. The hotel was restored and reopened after this image was taken in 1982.
Provided in the recollection of Mr Ron and Mrs Amelia Rankins & Cyril Pike to Mount Druitt Historical Society written by Margaret Lovely.Photo size11 x 9 cmDateMarch 1982Collationcol.Subjects1-11 Rooty Hill Road North, Rooty HillAmelia (Millie) RankinsCyril PikeHeritage buildingsImperial Hotel, Rooty HillRon Rankins

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Imperial Hotel, Rooty Hill