Marble Bar
The bar in 2012
General information
TypeBar
Address488 George Street
Town or citySydney, New South Wales
CountryAustralia
Coordinates33°52′18″S 151°12′28″E / 33.8716299°S 151.207888°E / -33.8716299; 151.207888
Completed1893 (1893)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Varney Parkes
Website
https://www.marblebarsydney.com.au/

Marble Bar is an historic bar in Sydney, Australia. Originally constructed in the George Adams-owned O'Brien Hotel in 1893,[1] it was dismantled in 1969,[1] then moved and rebuilt in the subterranean level of the Hilton Sydney, on George Street, in 1973. It is now a heritage-listed building.[2]

The bar was designed by Varney Parkes. Its features include plate-glass mirrors, mosaic floors, cedar timbers, a domed roof, stained-glass windows and marble walls and pilasters. Fourteen paintings by Julian Ashton are hung throughout.[3][4] The only differences to the original bar is the lack of natural light, and the location of the paintings is different.[1]

The bar appears on the front cover of Cold Chisel's 1979 album Breakfast at Sweethearts.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "The Story of Marble Bar: How a Lavish Victorian-Era Bar Was Dismantled and Rebuilt Beneath George Street". Broadsheet. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "Marble Bar | Heritage Listed Bar in Hilton Sydney". www.hilton.com. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "Marble Bar | The Dictionary of Sydney". dictionaryofsydney.org. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  4. ↑ Lloyd-Tait, Emily. "Marble Bar". Time Out Sydney. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
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