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Botanical Hotel, 11 Napier Street, ST ARNAUD
Location11 Napier Street ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE LevelRecommended for Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
The Botanical Hotel, 11 Napier Street, St. Arnaud, has significance as a local landmark in the town and for its distinctive, relatively intact Federation Filigree design. The building makes an outstanding contribution to the streetscape of St. Arnaud and to the Queen Mary Gardens precinct. Built in 1906 for Patrick O'Kane, the hotel has continued to serve the community until the present day. The Botanical Hotel is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a Federation Filigree style. These qualities include the two, double storey street facades with panelled rendered brick parapets having Classically inspired segmentally arched pediment piers, and especially the two storey balcony and verandah with decorative cast iron valances and balustrades (balcony only) and worked timber columns. Other intact qualities include the plain entablatures below the parapet with the name plate "Botanical Hotel"; segmentally arched, timber framed double hung windows; panelled timber and glazed doors; stop chamfered edges to the openings; and the door highlights. The Botanical Hotel is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the long time development of the hotel industry in St. Arnaud from 1906 until the present day. The hotel is also significant for its associations with William Kell, a prolific architect in central and western Victoria from the late 1890s until the early 20th century. The site is also significant for its associations with the 19th century Johns Family Hotel. The Botanical Hotel is scientifically significant at a LOCAL level. The construction of the building has the first wire cut bricks made in St. Arnaud, while the cast iron decoration of the verandah and balcony may be the work of Angus McLean, cast iron maker, and represent a form of construction no longer in practice. The Botanical Hotel is socially significant at a LOCAL level. It is recognised and valued by the St. Arnaud community as a local meeting place for social interaction. Overall, the Botanical Hotel is of LOCAL significance.
Group
Commercial
Category
Hotel