Ballina Library and Museum — Pearse Street

Attached three-bay three-storey hotel, dated 1860; extant 1890, on a rectangular plan. "Restored", 2004-6, to accommodate alternative use. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls. Square-headed central door opening in round-headed recess with tooled limestone flagged threshold, and concealed dressings having chamfered reveals centred on "Cavetto"-detailed keystone framing timber panelled double doors. Square-headed flanking window openings in tripartite arrangement in square-headed recesses with cut-limestone sills[?] supporting "Fleur-de-Lys"-detailed railings, and concealed dressings having chamfered reveals framing replacement six-over-six timber sash windows having two-over-two sidelights. Square-headed window openings in tripartite arrangement (upper floors) with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings with hood mouldings over framing replacement six-over-six timber sash windows having two-over-two sidelights. Interior including (ground floor): central vestibule with encaustic tiled floor; square-headed door opening into entrance hall-cum-staircase hall with replacement glazed timber double doors; entrance hall-cum-staircase hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, staircase on a dog leg plan with timber "match stick" balusters supporting carved timber banister, carved timber surround to window opening to half-landing framing timber panelled splayed shutters on panelled riser, and run moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; room (north) retaining carved timber surround to window opening framing timber panelled splayed shutters on panelled risers; room (south) retaining carved timber surround to window opening framing timber panelled splayed shutters on panelled risers; and (upper floors): carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled splayed shutters on panelled risers. Street fronted with cobbled footpath to front.