James B Lamond, founder of the Wayside Inn,
first opened this hotel in 1875.Lamond built the brick building with nine rooms and a bar
on a site he owned, but only held the license for the first year, after which
he leased the business to a succession of licensees. In January 1881, an engine
driver named Timothy Collins reported an incident from the hotel when he
observed three men, George Smith, John Foster and William Derhan;
put a young man named Phillips into a water trough outside! The trio were
charged with ‘insulting behaviour’.It
was amongst several hotels de-licensed on 18
April 1913, and, in 2003, is the site of a casting agency, Zoo
Casting.
