The Alpine Retreat Hotel
3340 Warburton Hwy (Main Street), Warburton VIC 3799 - Property No 45443
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Statement of Significance
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The Alpine Retreat Hotel - Physical Description 1
The Alpine Retreat Hotel is a "grand" hotel, set high above Warburton Highway, with views across the river and to the forested mountains beyond. The hotel is designed in the Old English style, popular during the Inter-War period( c1915-c1940), and particularly in the 1930s. It occurs in both domestic architecture and in commercial buildings. Many of the key characteristics of the style are expressed in the design of the Alpine Retreat Hotel including: picturesque asymmetry in overall design, particularly the paired gables over the entry; gables featuring half timbering; face and textured brickwork. Externally, the hotel appears substantially intact, with the only alterations being the introduction of picture windows (presumably replacing the triple-lights that remain elsewhere in the front facade).
Other features of interest include the stone retaining wall set back from the highway, the two grand Norfolk Island Pines, and Canary Island Palm, and the red brick building with terracotta tiled roof to rear west side of the hotel.The Alpine Retreat Hotel - Physical Conditions
Excellent
The Alpine Retreat Hotel - Integrity
Minor Modifications
Heritage Study and Grading
Yarra Ranges - Shire of Yarra Ranges Heritage Study
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2000
Grading: Local
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