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St. Arnaud Hotel, 20 Napier Street, ST ARNAUD
Location20 Napier Street ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE LevelRecommended for Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
The St. Arnaud Hotel, 20 Napier Street, St. Arnaud, has significance as a local and long-standing landmark in the town. Although greatly altered, the extant building retains its original 1876 form and parts of its rear single storey wing, and has a rudimentary interwar Art Deco main facade. The St. Arnaud Hotel is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. Although greatly altered, it still demonstrates some original and early design qualities associated with its initial Victorian design and its later rudimentary interwar Art Deco alterations. The Victorian qualities include the general two storey form, brick construction (but not the rendered finish), chimneys with corbelled tops, as well as the window openings on the first floor, and the rear single storey gabled wing with galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, and window and door openings. The rudimentary interwar Art Deco qualities include the plain front parapet with its projecting cornice and a central stepped bay, rendered wall finish, steel framed first floor windows, and the portico and balcony at one end (with its distinctive Art Deco curved corner with vertically oriented parallel line motifs). The St. Arnaud Hotel is historically significant at a LOCAL level. The hotel is the oldest operating hotel in St. Arnaud and has associations with the first land sales, the commencement of local government in St. Arnaud and early town life. The St. Arnaud Hotel is socially significant at a LOCAL level. It is recognised and valued by the St. Arnaud community as a local meeting place for social interaction. Overall, the St. Arnaud Hotel is of LOCAL significance.
Group
Commercial
Category
Hotel