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Browtop

Other Name Duke of Wellington Hotel Location 281 Pakington Street, NEWTOWN VIC 3220 - Property No B1149 File Number B1149 Level Local

[1/1] B1149 Browtop Newtown

Statement of Significance

Brow-Top, the property formerly known as the Duke of Wellington Hotel in Pakington Street, Newtown, was apparently erected in two stages, firstly as a house in the 1840's, with the later addition of an upper storey and other works c.1850 when the premises were converted to a hotel. This early hotel, constructed on Barrabool freestone ashlar and slate roof, is a Colonial Georgian design enhanced with a tuscan doric portico.
The first meeting of the Council of the Borough of Newtown and Chilwell was held at the Duke of Wellington Hotel on 13th April, 1858. Although the early history of this structure remains unrecorded, the former hotel is an interesting example of Colonial Georgian architecture in Geelong and a building which survives from the earliest decades of settlement in the region.
The former Duke of Wellington Hotel has been defaced by internal and external alterations. The structure remains reasonably intact.
Of local significance.