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Black Horse Inn
Hotel or inn
The former Black Horse Inn is located at 340 Windsor Street on the corner of Bosworth Street, Richmond, New South Wales.
The roof and top storey of the former Black Horse Inn may just be glimpsed above the row of modern shops along the two frontages of the building. Cathy McHardy August 2013
The roof of the early nineteenth century building known as the Black Horse Inn can still be seen above street level. An inn was constructed on this site in 1819 during the governorship of Lachlan Macquarie. Following the death of the first licensee Paul Randall in 1834 the licence was transferred to his daughter Margaret Seymour who developed the site and continued until her death in 1875. The building operated as a hotel until 1927. The original sign depicting a black charger in full gallop painted by Tom Masters is conserved at Hawkesbury Regional Museum, Baker Street, Windsor.
Known as the Honeymoon Hotel in its heyday the building has housed many different commercial ventures over the last sixty years. Converted into a service station in the 1950s it became an agent for Atlantic fuels and in the 1970s was the headquarters of Richmond Motor Engineers, distributors of Valiant and Hillman cars. More recently, commercial buildings have been constructed masking the old structure.
Reference: 24 August 1901, p 4.
‘We hear the famous Black Horse hotel has again changed hands. Mr Forfar, of Melbourne who has been staying at theis hostelry for the past week, with Mrs Forfar, has purchased the business from Mr C J Folbigg, and will take posession as soon as the licence is transferred. Mr and Mrs Folbigg’s stay in Richmond has not been a long one, but they have made a wide circle of friends, and proved themselves to be thoroughly capable business people. By their courteous and respectful manner they have worked up a good business, and we wish them well wherever they go.’
Source: NSW State Heritage Inventory
Reference: 18 January 1902, p 3
‘Mrs W Sly advertises in this issue that the Black Horse hotel has been thoroughly renovated, and under entirely new management, and that boarders may rely on obtaining every comfort at the old hostelry’.
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