Former Barkly Inn, 72 Learmonth Street, Queenscliff
72 Learmonth Street QUEENSCLIFF, QUEENSCLIFFE BOROUGH
Central Queenscliff Precinct
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Statement of Significance
Statement of Significance as recorded under the Queenscliff Heritage Study 2009
The former Barkly Inn is of local historical and architectural significance as the oldest surviving hotel in Queenscliff. Despite being adapted to a residential building in the early twentieth century, the single-storey, weatherboard structure illustrates approaches to the design of hotel buildings in Queenscliff during the first years of the township. The building is also of historical interest for its association with various individuals and families well-known in Queenscliff, including the Casey and Golightly families.
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Former Barkly Inn, 72 Learmonth Street, Queenscliff - Physical Description 1
Early photographs show a hip-roof building with a bar-annexe attached on the north. A concave roof verandah with open-work columns once extended across the front of the building and provided sheltered access to either the bar or the residential section. A free-standing kitchen wing stood at the rear and an open-fronted stable building stood at the half-way point of the allotment. A picket fence and gate stood at the front and paling fences enclosed the side boundaries.(5)
Former Barkly Inn, 72 Learmonth Street, Queenscliff - Physical Description 2
The former Barkly Inn has been stripped of its verandah and bar annexe but retains some details which extol its age. The beaded-edge softwood boards remain as cladding, as do the stone foundations, the front door has been replaced but the six-pane sashes have not. The interior has been gutted. Despite these alterations, it is the oldest ex-hotel standing in Queenscliff, and a building of local historical significance
Former Barkly Inn, 72 Learmonth Street, Queenscliff - Physical Description 3
Extract from the 2009 study
No. 72 Learmonth Street is a large double-fronted weatherboard building on stone foundations. It has a flat-topped hipped corrugated iron roof and a rendered brick chimney. The centrally positioned four-panel front door with fanlight above is flanked on each side by pairs of multi-paned timber sash windows. A non-original hipped concave verandah spans the front of the building (east), supported on chamfered posts and with a chamfered fascia board.
The front door has been replaced, as have the sash windows which were originally six-pane sashes rather than four. As noted, the verandah has been replaced and the bar annexe removed. However, the building retains some early details including the beaded-edge softwood cladding boards and stone foundations.
A large hipped roof extension to the rear of the property situated against the south-west boundary is linked to the main building via a series of verandahs.
Former Barkly Inn, 72 Learmonth Street, Queenscliff - Intactness
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Heritage Study and Grading
Queenscliffe - Queenscliffe Urban Conservation Study
Author: Allom Lovell & Associates P/L, Architects
Year: 1982
Grading:Queenscliffe - Queenscliffe Heritage Study
Author: Lovell Chen
Year: 2009
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LATHAMSTOWEVictorian Heritage Register H1052
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PILOTS COTTAGESVictorian Heritage Register H1618
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ROSENFELDVictorian Heritage Register H1134
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