Former Hotel

Location

CA B33A Heathcote-Spring Plains Road, MIA MIA VIC 3444 - Property No 203927

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is significant?

The former Hotel site on the Heathcote - Spring Plains Road, including all the fabric of brick 1870s building is significant and the remains of the timber outbuilding is significant.

How is it significant?

The former Hotel on the Heathcote - Spring Plains Road is of local historical and aesthetic significance to the City of Greater Bendigo.

Why is it significant?

The former Hotel on the Heathcote-Spring Plains Road it is historically significant as representative of many of the small hotels in the study area that operated for a short while. Whilst there are a few examples of short-lived small hotels still extant , they are unusual in the study area. Almost all are in poor condition such as this example. Criterion A

The building is comparable with the former Hare and Hound hotel also in Mia Mia. Evidence of its use as a hotel are the two doorways to the front elevation, and the large timber framed outbuilding that possibly once served as stables. Criterion D

Group

Commercial

Category

Hotel