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Mitre Hotel
1849
The Oldest Hotel in
Canterbury
The Mitre has had three lives. The
first in 1849 when Major Alfred Hornbrook had the hotel
commissioned and built. Initially it was the only sizeable
establishment in Lyttelton and hosted all the important early
meetings in the settlement. This establishment survived the
great fire in 1870 only to be consumed by flames in
1875.
The new Mitre was much grander than
the last. Again constructed out of wood the hotel boosted a
Kauri-paneled Commercial Room and Billiard room. There were a
host a guest rooms and servants accommodation. The new
building was open for business in September 1876.
Fire was to beset the hotel again. On July
23rd 1926 the wooden building was gutted. The third Mitre
and the building that exists today is made out of
concrete.
Many famous people from our past
visited the Mitre. Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his party
had farewell celebrations at the Mitre.
(Historical information has been
sourced from “The Mitre Hotel 1849-1999” written by Jenny
Betts)
   
Today the Mitre is
managed by Neville Sheehan. The hotel has the following
facilities:
- Poker
Machines
- TAB
- Social
Club
- Darts Evening
every Wednesday at 8pm
- Happy Hour 5-7pm
on a Friday
- Big Screen Sky
TV for sporting events
- Beer
Garden
- Bar Food
- A courtesy
bus
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