Crime scene established after historic Jolly Frog Hotel in Windsor destroyed by fire Jolly Frog Hotel fire. Photo from NSW Incident Alerts Facebook page Source: Supplied The historic Jolly Frog Hotel was destroyed by fire on Monday night, with a crime scene being established to determine the cause of the blaze. Police were called to Bridge St, Windsor about 10pm after responding to reports the heritage-listed hotel was "well alight," police media report. "Fire and Rescue NSW worked to control the blaze with surrounding roads closed for several hours," police media states. The fire was prevented from spreading to neighbouring buildings, however, the hotel was destroyed. A google map image of The Jolly Frog Hotel, at Windsor. It was alight when police were called to the empty building at Bridge Street at 10pm on Monday. The cause of the fire has not been determined as crime scene officers and fire investigators were unable to enter the site last night. A Fire and Rescue spokeswoman told the Rouse Hill Times, they would investigate the fire because of the "significant amount of damage to the building." The spokeswoman said crews were at the building's site on Bridge St around 9.45pm last night (Monday) after receiving several triple zero calls. "By the time our crews arrived, the two storey brick and tin building was well alight and fortunately it wasn't occupied," she said. Thankfully there were no neighbouring properties and crews from Windsor, Richmond, Riverstone, Cranebrook, Schofields and St Mary's succeeded in extinguishing the blaze by around 1am. The fire which destroyed the heritage listed Jolly Frog Hotel, Windsor. Picture: Paul Mills Source: Supplied Hawkesbury Council said the Jolly Frog was a locally-listed heritage building and they would be investigating if it could be restored or used for commercial purposes. "Depending on the damage the building may be capable of restoration and could be used for a range of commercial purposes (subject to council consent via a development application)," Director of City Planning Matthew Owens told the Rouse Hill Times. Firefighters work to put out the blaze. Planning provisions encourage re-use of heritage buildings. Council provides a free-of-charge heritage advisory service to assist developers. Council will work with the owner to get the best outcome for the Hawkesbury. The fire at the Jolly Frog is a very unfortunate event. Whether or not the building can be termed as destroyed will be the subject of further investigation. The Community Action for Windsor Bridge group, which is fighting to stop a new road said the hotel had to be saved regardless of the damage done. The CAWB group has been occupying Thompson Square in Windsor since July 21 last year in protest to State Government plans for a new Windsor Bridge.