Grand Hotel

Informal Comment: The Grand Hotel began construction on 6 August 1887 and was completed in December of the same year. The architect was William George Wolf with the contractor being Francis H. Sims of Richmond. Source: T. Angus, B. Benson, D. Fletcher & P. Woolard, 'Grand Hotel, Portarlington', Conservation Report, School of Architecture, Deakin University, 1990.

The Grand Hotel at Portarlington, a three storey brick and render hotel with central tower was apparently c1885 to cater for the burgeoning tourist trade on the Bellarine Peninsula in the 1880s. the architect for this historically significant hotel is not yet identified, but the building survives essentially intact but without the elegant cast iron verandah to the three floors. The structure has notable historical associations with the leisure and hospitality industry and is a dominant town landmark.

RECOMMENDATIONS: PROTECTIVE MEASURES

Geelong Regional Commission Register.

REFERENCES

A contemporary photograph showing the Grand hotel at Portarlington c1900 is held in the Geelong Historical Records Centre, No 1405 and details the original three storey verandah and facade details.

Barwon Licensing District records

Cars 'Grand Hotel Portarlington Group Centre 12'

Notes 'licenced since February 1886'

James Smith - Cyclopedia of Victoria , Niven & Co, Melbourne Vol 111 - 1904, p 53.

Group

Commercial

Category

Hotel