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VICTORIA HOTEL
Location380-382 VICTORIA STREET,, BRUNSWICK VIC 3056 - Property No 9708 LevelRecommended for Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
How is it significant?
Why is it significant?
The Victoria Hotel at 380 Victoria Street, Brunswick, including
the brick walls enclosing the rear yard, is significant.
The Victoria Hotel at 380 Victoria Street, Brunswick, is of local
historical, representative and aesthetic significance to the City of
Moreland.
The Victoria Hotel at 380 Victoria Street, Brunswick, is
historically significant as a place operating as licensed premises
since 1873. Situated near the potteries and brickworks area of
Brunswick, the Victoria Hotel, under the ownership of original licence
of W.S. Allister, would have provided a welcome place for the many
local employees of these industries. The current building is
historically significant as a transformation of the original hotel on
the same site to a more generous facility in 1925 by Joy &
McIntyre, consulting engineers and architects. (Criterion A)
The
Victoria Hotel is significant as a representative example of the
hotels established in Moreland in the Interwar period. It is one of
several hotels in Brunswick including the Union, Carrington and
Caledonian that were established off Sydney Road and close to the
areas of major employment including the potteries, ropeworks and
brickworks. It is a fine example of Interwar Classicism which seems to
have been a hallmark architectural style for hotels of the period, and
is the only one of the three (Carrington, Caledonian and Victoria) to
maintain its use. (Criterion D)
The Victoria Hotel is
aesthetically significant for its contribution to the Victoria Street
environment. Together with the shop at 384 Victoria Street, the hotel
provides a strong presence in the streetscape. An important attribute
of the Victoria Hotel is its three-dimensional form with frontages to
Leslie and Prentice Streets. Other attributes include the brick walls
on Prentice Street that enclose the rear yard (and may be remnants of
the earlier building), the corner entrance and the architectural
detailing to the facade. The Victoria Hotel is aesthetically
significant for the elements of the facade including the recessed
first floor balcony, the parapet and cornice detail, upper floor
windows and the large arch-headed windows on the ground floor. The
lettering indicating the date of construction and the name contribute
to aesthetic value. (Criterion E)
Group
Recreation and Entertainment
Category
Hotel