Claremont Crescent and Franklin Street
Neil Cownie:
The former Swanbourne Hotel (Inter-War Art Deco) was located on the corner of Claremont Crescent and Franklin Street, now the site of ‘The Beaumont’ aged care building.
From the State Heritage WA website (per Neil Cownie):
Architects Marshall Clifton and Reginald Summerhayes, working in association, designed the Swanbourne Hotel, The Civic in Inglewood, and the Coronado Hotel in Claremont, all completed in 1940.
Neil Cownie:
The three buildings reveal particular variations within the Inter-War Functionalist style. This can be attributed to the design preferences of the architects, and the fact that they were designed at the very end of the decade. The design of horizontal and vertical forms reflects the increasing influence of European examples such as the work of French architect Le Corbusier, the German Bauhaus and Dutch Cubism. All three hotels were built along traditional lines, with pitched tiled roofs partially hidden behind a modern parapet wall.
Architect Neil Cownie's site has a number of photos of the hotel.
Garry Gillard | New: 30 March, 2022Claremont Crescent and Franklin Street | Now: 30 November, 2023