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Axedale Tavern

Other Name

Axedale Hotel (formerly)

Location

105 High Street, AXEDALE VIC 3551 - Property No 196715

Level

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Axedale Tavern, 105 High

Statement of Significance

What is significant?

The former Axedale Hotel including all the fabric of early Victorian circa 1860s timber building and incorporating parts of 1850s store is significant. The two storey outbuilding is also significant.

How is it significant?

The former Axedale Hotel is of local historic, social and aesthetic significance for the City of Greater Bendigo.

Why is it significant?

The former Axedale Hotel is largely intact and in good condition. It is historically significant for its long association with the Drake Family. Patrick Drake had built the Campaspe Hotel in Axedale in 1855, and is recorded as the owner of the former Axedale Hotel from 1864 until the early 1890s. The hotel stayed in the family until after the Second World War, demonstrating a strong commitment to family enterprise and tradition. Criterion A

The former Axedale Hotel is also socially significant as an ongoing part of Axedale's social life, now operating as the Axedale Tavern. Criterion G

The former Axedale Hotel, complete with double doors that open directly onto the verandah, timber verandah posts and timber frieze is architecturally significant and forms an important streetscape element in Axedale. The building demonstrates two stages of development, encompassing both the 1850s store and 1860s hotel, which is visible in the different rooflines. It is one of the most intact hotels of this period in the City of Greater Bendigo. Criterion E

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