| Raffles Hotel | |
|---|---|
 The Raffles Hotel in Applecross, Perth | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Hotel |
| Architectural style | Inter-War Functionalist/Art-deco |
| Location | Applecross, Western Australia |
| Coordinates | 32°00′39″S 115°51′06″E / 32.01083°S 115.851693°E |
| Completed | 1896 |
| Renovated | 1937, 2007, 2015 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 2 |
| Renovating team | |
| Architect(s) | William G. Bennett |
| References | |
| Designated | 22 January 2002 |
| Reference no. | 1544 |
Raffles Hotel is located at the corner of Canning Highway and Canning Beach Road in the Perth, Western Australia suburb of Applecross, Western Australia. It is a two-storey hotel designed in the Inter-War Functionalist style and is one of the few examples of a hotel in this style surviving in the Perth metropolitan area. Earlier named the Canning Bridge Hotel, it has operated continuously as a licensed hotel since at least 1896. For over 50 years until 2002, it was owned by Australian nightclub owner and property developer Abe Saffron,[1] whose plan to demolish the hotel was successfully opposed by the Art Deco Society of Western Australia in a ten-year campaign.[2][3]
- ^ Raffles Hotel may be sold to Perth millionaire ABC News Online, 1 November 2001
- ^ Photo of a 1999 campaign action at the hotel on website of Art Deco Society of Western Australia
- ^ Minister safeguards future of the Raffles Hotel Archived 26 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Media statement by Hon. Dr Judy Edwards, 16 March 2001