Central Hotel, is situated on a prominent site on the corner of York and Druitt Streets forming part of the Town Hall streetscape. It is a five-storey building of Victorian Free Classical Style. The erection of this building as a prestigious hotel in the early 1890s is historically significant in understanding the impact that the building of Centennial Hall and the Queen Victoria Building had on creating a focus for civic pride in Victorian Sydney. It is an important building in the professional career of architect Ambrose Thornley. The building has aesthetic significance as a rare intact original exterior of high quality with outstanding potential due to its successive restorations to continue in its restored state. It is particularly noted for its use of ornate stone decoration. The building is significant for its contribution as a component of the Town Hall Precinct Streetscape. Hong Kong House was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. Gallery See also Architecture of Sydney References Bibliography Attribution Further reading External links Australia–Hong Kong relations Commercial buildings completed in 1891 Buildings and structures in Sydney Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office Sandstone buildings in Australia New South Wales State Heritage Register History of Sydney Victorian Free Classical architecture in Sydney 1891 establishments in Australia York Street, Sydney