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Sydney’s Inner West Council has resolved to add 22 local pubs to the heritage register aiming to protect these long-standing institutions and keep the community’s famous pub culture alive.

These new heritage protections will help to ensure that the bar and interior of long-standing pubs cannot be demolished or removed.

This comes in addition to the 26 Inner West hotels that already had heritage protection.

The Inner West is home to some of Sydney’s most iconic pubs and Council is determined to protect these vital community assets into the future.

Whether it’s the atmosphere, the food, the music, or the social connection, these listings are designed to preserve the Inner West’s thriving pub culture.

Inner West Mayor Darcy Byrne advised “In recent years, we’ve seen long-standing pubs targeted by developers for conversion to office space or residential. These heritage listings will help to send a message that if you buy a long-standing pub in the Inner West, you should be prepared to operate it as a pub.

“In our community, pubs have been a social hub for local residents for well over a century. Traditionally, many people have seen the bar at the local pub as an extension of their loungeroom.

“Our Inner West pub culture has been the breeding ground for some of Australia’s best and most famous musicians and performers, and we want to make sure this continues into the future.

“We are committed to preserving and nurturing the pubs of the Inner West and their unique heritage.”

Council will now submit to the NSW Government to have these pubs heritage-listed.

The following 22 pubs are proposed for listing:

• 3 Weeds Hotel, Rozelle
• Annandale Hotel, Annandale
• Carlisle Castle Hotel, Newtown
• Cat & Fiddle Hotel, Balmain
• Cricketers Arms Hotel, Balmain
• Dick’s Hotel, Balmain
• Duke of Enmore Hotel, Enmore
• East Village Hotel, Balmain East
• Garry Owen Hotel, Rozelle
• Livingstone Hotel, Petersham
• Native Rose Hotel, Rozelle
• Queens Hotel, Enmore
• Sackville Hotel, Rozelle
• Sandringham Hotel (former), Newtown
• The Balmain Hotel, Balmain
• The Royal Exchange Hotel, Marrickville
• The Welcome Hotel, Rozelle
• Town Hall Hotel, Balmain
• Unity Hall Hotel, Balmain
• Vic on the Park Hotel, Marrickville
• Warren View Hotel, Enmore
• Websters Bar, Newtown

The following 26 pubs are already on the local heritage list:

• Ashfield Hotel, Ashfield
• Bald Rock Hotel, Rozelle
• Botany View Hotel, Newtown
• Courthouse Hotel, Newtown
• Crocodile Farm Hotel, Ashfield
• Dry Dock Hotel, Balmain
• General Gordon Hotel, Sydenham
• Gladstone Hotel, Dulwich Hill
• Golden Barley Hotel, Enmore
• Huntsbury Hotel, Lewisham
• London Hotel, Balmain
• Nortons Irish Pub, Leichhardt
• Petersham Inn, Petersham
• Public House, Petersham
• Riverview Hotel, Balmain
• Riverview Hotel, Tempe
• Royal Hotel, Leichhardt
• Salisbury Hotel, Stanmore
• Southern Cross Hotel, St Peters
• Summer Hill Hotel, Summer Hill
• Sydney Park Hotel, Newtown
• Tempe Hotel, Tempe
• The Henson, Marrickville
• The Royal Oak, Balmain
• Town and Country Hotel, St Peters
• White Cockatoo Hotel, Petersham

Image. Cricketers Arms Hotel, Balmain

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