Quarry Hotel (former)

The former Quarry Hotel at 44 Ingham Road site, including all the fabric of 1870s bluestone building, the adjacent bluestone dry stone walls, some stone ruins and the mature conifer and palm tree in the garden is of local historical and architectural significance for the City of Greater Bendigo.

The former Quarry Hotel at 44 Ingham Road is historically significant for its association with the Ingham family from the mid 1870s until at least 1920. Beginning with Napthali Ingham who opened a bluestone quarry on what became known as Ingham Hill. He built Quarry Hotel on the land at 44 Ingham Road, around 1874. The bluestone quarry supplied building stone to much of the district. Criterion A

The former Quarry Hotel is a bluestone building with a hipped roof and a straight profile verandah. The stonework is in coursed rough cut stone with quoining to the corners. The chimney is also of stone. There have been several alterations to the building including painting and rendering. Of interest are the bluestone dry stone walls adjacent to the former hotel, some stone ruins which are possibly from former stables an the conifer and palm tree. Criterion D

Group

Parks, Gardens and Trees

Category

Tree