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"Culloden Castle" (former Hotel) including interior

Location

226 Latrobe Terrace, GEELONG WEST VIC 3218 - Property No 202376

Level

Incl in HO area contributory

Statement of Significance

A Listed - State Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The Culloden Castle is one of Victoria's finest surviving Colonial Georgian Hotels. It is of great importance as a reminder of the building boom at the height of the gold rushes and the role of hotels in accommodating immigrants and new settlers. It is only one of the two hotels buildings left in the area formerly known as Little Scotland. It is of State Significance.

References

Taylor's 1854 map of Ashby, Little Scotland and portion of Kildare.

Investigator, Vol. 12, No. 1, March 1977, p. 25 and Vol. 9, No 1. p 97. Buchan Laird and Buchan Index. GHRC.

A. Willingham, 'Historic Places Documentation Sheet' GRC Latrobe Library SPF. H19404.

G. Seaton, The Ashby Story - A History of Geelong West, G. West C.C. 1978, p. 51, 55.

Group

Commercial

Category

Hotel