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The Old Victoria Inn, 121-123 Napier Street, ST ARNAUD
Location121-123 Napier Street ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE LevelRecommended for Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
The Old Victoria Inn Hotel, 121-123 Napier Street, St. Arnaud, makes an important contribution to the streetscape of the town as a predominantly intact example of Victorian Filigree commercial design. The Old Victoria Inn Hotel is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a Victorian Filigree style. These qualities include the two storey balcony and verandah with bullnosed galvanised corrugated iron roof form, worked stop chamfered timber balcony and verandah columns, cast iron lace valances and balustrade. Other intact qualities include the blind parapet arcade of segmental arches, central segmental pediment and crowning urns; carriage way with early cast iron gates; ground floor shop front; door and window openings; six panelled timber doors with highlights on the ground floor; and the timber framed doors and double hung windows on the first floor. The Old Victoria Inn Hotel is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the development of the Victoria Hotel by Richard Pettit in 1873, and as a long-standing hotel business until the present day. The Old Victoria Inn 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 old Victoria Inn Hotel is of LOCAL significance.
Group
Commercial
Category
Inn/Tavern