The Carlton Hotel in Christchurch was an historic pub on the corner of Papanui Road and Bealey Avenue.

[1] Cobb & Co travelled north via Victoria Street and Papanui Road, and one of the first tram routes in Christchurch was built along this corridor.

[2] The first hotel was built on the site in 1865, only 15 years after the organised settlement of Christchurch began by the Canterbury Association.

Ward's Brewery commissioned architect Joseph Maddison to design a new hotel, to be opened in time for the International Exhibition that was held in Christchurch's Hagley Park from November 1906 to April 1907.

It was heavily damaged in the subsequent earthquake on 22 February 2011, when part of the façade facing Papanui Road collapsed.