Rock Lily, Pittwater Road Mona Vale

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Record number64026Date2000DescriptionThe Rock Lily Hotel is named for the lilies, dendrobium specimosum, which once grew in the area. Leon Houreux, a Frenchman, described as a hotel keeper, purchased the land at Mona Vale in 1886. The hotel, which was built from yellow bricks, manufactured locally at Bayview, had two bay windows with a veranda between. It was operating as a hotel from 1886. Leon Houreux, the first proprietor, covered the walls with murals, including one of Napoleon. Situated close to the crossroads between the routes to Manly, Bayview, Church Point, Newport, Barrenjoey and the route inland to Gordon, the hotel became a coaching inn where horses were changed. Traffic recorded passing the hotel during one week in 1889 is as follows: 59 passenger coaches, 125 private vehicles and 123 people on foot. In 1913 the hotel licence was terminated and since then the Rock Lily building has had a variety of uses including a butcher’s shop, a nightclub and of course, as a restaurant.MenuPlace | Suburbs L-M | Mona ValePlace | Built Environment | HotelsCommunity | Businesses | HotelsSourceMoffattSubjectsHotelsPhysical descriptionPhotographCopyrightThis item may be under copyright. This item can be used freely for research and study purposes only. Other use might be copyright infringement. For further use, please contact Northern Beaches Council Library Local Studies. Please acknowledge that the item is courtesy of Northern Beaches Council Library.

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