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BAIR'S OTAGO HOTEL
Other Namesthematic , - Location18-22 BAIR STREET, LEONGATHA, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE LevelRec for HO area contributory |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
Bair’s Otago Hotel, at 18-22 Bair Street, Leongatha, built in 1939, is significant. The Art Deco Moderne Streamline corner hotel, is a two storey Manganese brick and rendered building, with horizontal elements on the façade and canopies with rounded corners and strong vertical elements including a brick central pier. Other key features of the hotel include:
External
External
- Cantilever street canopy with a curved end below a bank of brickwork
- Flagpole with typical Art Deco Moderne mountings
- Barrel rain heads with circular grooves
- Rounded glass brick infill to the upper corner (sympathetic)
- Upper timber double hung sashes with horizontal glazing bars
- Horizontal step and groove mouldings to the stepped parapet
- The sign on the parapet in typical Art Deco Moderne lettering
- Recessed upper verandah
- Projecting balustrade and canopy on upper verandah
- Tiled dado to the ground floor
- Chimney
- Original main entry door at the corner.
Internal
- Relatively intact interior with Art Deco Moderne cornices
Non-original alterations and additions, other than those specified above or in the Art Deco Moderne-style, are not significant.
How is it significant?
Bair’s Otago Hotel is of local historic, aesthetic and social significance to the South Gippsland Shire.
Why is it significant?
Group
Recreation and Entertainment
Category
Hotel