Captain Stirling Hotel, Heritage hotel in Nedlands, Australia
The Captain Stirling Hotel is a building in Nedlands featuring Mediterranean architectural elements with rendered masonry walls, clay tile roofing, and arched openings. Concrete columns frame the entrance, giving the structure a distinctive early twentieth-century resort aesthetic.
The hotel was designed in 1935 by architects George Herbert Parry and Marshall Clifton for Edward Bartram Johnston. It represents the interwar period when such resort-style establishments were being built across Western Australian towns.
The hotel is named after James Stirling, the first Governor of Western Australia, connecting visitors to the region's colonial past. The name choice reflects how early British figures were honored in local place names.
The property sits on Stirling Highway and will eventually become part of a wider town center development project in the area. Visitors should be aware that surroundings may change as redevelopment work progresses.
In 1958, the site featured Western Australia's first drive-through bottle shop, an innovative retail concept for that era. The structure with its distinctive butterfly roof was designed by architect Bill Evans and demonstrates the region's creative approach to commercial building.
The community of curious travelers
AroundUs brings together thousands of curated places, local tips, and hidden gems, enriched daily by 60,000 contributors worldwide.
