The Carrington Hotel

What a wonderful stay at The Carrington Hotel in Katoomba. That's a township in the Blue mountains, an easy 2 hour train ride west of Sydney, Australia. The hotel was built in 1880 and called The Great Western. Under new ownership it was renamed The Carrington Hotel in 1886. Listed with The Australian Heritage Commission, it's old world atmosphere and artifacts made it a fascinating place to stay at! 

My sketch of the ceiling from the wine bar was a bit of a challenge (watercolour only followed by black pen).

Here's some of the *hundreds* of lamps in the hotel!

 

I never got the opportunity to sketch the interesting front of the hotel but taking refuge from rain on the last day of our stay I got in a sketch of the side from the Cultural Centre next door. The tower is what's left of the coal power station built at The Carrington in 1903.

#FaberCastellPittPen, watercolour, #MoleskineWatercolourAlbum, 5x8”