The Bald Rock Hotel is an historic pub in the suburb of Rozelle, down near White Bay in the shadow of the Anzac Bridge in the Inner West of Sydney.
Wikipedia says that Bald Rock was originally a suburb within Balmain.
The hotel was built in 1876 and was a lot closer to the harbour when first built; subsequent landfill means it’s now a bit further from the water.
The Bald Rock is sandstone inside and out and is heritage-listed.
It retains much character and is a favourite of locals in an area that used to have a pub on nearly every corner but has in this last generation become more gentrified and where community gardens and parks now flourish.
[…] The building’s sandstone construction gives it a distinct nineteenth‑century character. It is included in the Balmain Rozelle Heritage Pub Trail, which lists about 20 iconic venues in the area. A local blog notes that the hotel originally sat much closer to the harbour; landfill over the decades has moved the shoreline further away (So, this weekend, we…). […]
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