National Hotel, 16 Wakeham Street, STAWELL

The National Hotel at 16 Wakeham Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a rudimentary early 20th century Stripped Classical style. These qualities include the three bayed parapet defined by the smoothly rusticated and rendered piers and the face brick bays. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the single storey height, face brick wall construction, rendered concrete cappings to the parapet, rectangular title panel to the central bay of the parapet that reads "National Hotel", three rectangular and rendered panels to the flanking bays of the parapet, projecting skillion verandah over the footpath, square timber verandah columns, timber framed four paned windows and the single doorway.

The National Hotel at 16 Wakeham Street, Stawell, is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the development of commercial and hotel buildings in Stawell, possibly in the early 20th century.

The National Hotel at 16 Wakeham Street, Stawell, is socially significant at a LOCAL level. It is recognised by some sections of the Stawell community for cultural and recreational reasons, including as an important meeting place for social occasions.

Overall, the National Hotel at 16 Wakeham Street is of LOCAL significance.

Group

Commercial

Category

Hotel