The current controversy over the Crown and Anchor pub in Adelaide's East End and related issues around "cultural heritage" and "ownership" has prompted me to investigate which South Australian pubs have what type of heritage "protection". This is summarised in the table below; the original data is from the State Heritage Places Database as of 8 May 2024. (Apologies again for any errors - I'm still having problems with pivot tables.)
Adelaide and suburban pubs, by heritage class and status, May 2024 (Click to enlarge)
According to this data, 333 South Australian pubs have some level of heritage "protection", 204 (61%) at the "Local" level and 128 (38%) at the "State" level (in many cases by inclusion within the "State Heritage Area" classification). It has not been possible to identify which, if any, of the regional/rural pubs are currently not trading or are subject to development plans. However, of the 152 heritage listed pubs in Metropolitan Local Government Areas (Adelaide plus Suburban LGAs), 94 (62%) enjoy "Local" and 57 (37%) "State" listing; of these 14 metropolitan pubs are not trading (personal visit, active website or recent Facebook posts), appear to be more or less permanently closed and are, arguably, the most at risk of redevelopment similar to that threatening the Crown and Anchor.
These pubs are:
Local listing:
Edinburgh Castle, Adelaide
Old Queens Arms/Wright Hotel, Adelaide
[Former] Globe Hotel, Port Adelaide (already under redevelopment)
Jolly Miller Hotel, Hindmarsh
State listing:
Colonel Light Hotel, Adelaide
Hampshire Hotel, Adelaide
King's Head Hotel, Adelaide
Newmarket Hotel, Adelaide (recently threatened with redevelopment)
Oxford Hotel, [North] Adelaide
Producers Hotel, Adelaide
[Former] Britannia Hotel, Port Adelaide (recently redeveloped)
Port Dock Brewery Hotel, Port Adelaide
Railway Hotel, Port Adelaide
Royal Hotel, Kent Town (recently threatened with redevelopment)
Squatters Arms Hotel, Thebarton
Attached is the complete list of "Heritage listed" Adelaide and suburban pubs, by class of heritage listing (contributory, local or state) and, as far as I have been able to determine, current status (trading, not trading, change of use, don't know); those probably most at risk are in red.
Interestingly, like the Crown and Anchor, several of these have been music venues in the recent past (Edinburgh Castle, Railway, intermittently Producers, arguably the Newmarket).
[Posted originally 14 May 2024, updated 27 May. Original content © Craig Hill 2024]